SLEEP AT LAST!!!!!

BEFORE.....

AFTER...

So we conquered the task of remodeling our bedroom! Woohoo!!!!! It looks awesome and I can't believe we did it all in 2 1/2 days. So here is the story to go with it. While we were remodeling we obviously couldn't sleep in there so Mike slept on the couch and I slept in the extra bed in Zoe's room. It was pretty ridiculous because I would sneak in after she went to sleep everytime so she wouldn't know I was there and this is why. I was so exhausted at this point from all the remodeling late nights that in the middle of the night Zoe woke up several times (as usual) and instead of me trying to get her back to sleep I shushed her. It went a little something like this: Zoe "ahhhhhhhhh mommy mommy ahhhhhhh", Me "shhhhhhhhhhh" , Zoe "ahhhhhhhh mommy mommy ahhhhhhhhhhh" , Me "shhhhhhhhhhhhhh" (thats where it all went wrong), Zoe "Get out mommy! Get out right now mommy! Get out!" I finally left and hung out in the kitchen in the dark at 4 in the morning for thirty minutes until she went back to sleep! AHHHHH! Well luckily I am back in my bed and the universe is once again at peace! Here are the pics of our room let me know what you think!

Yes we're alive and kickin' (Thats for all you cheerleaders out there)

So don't worry we did not fall off the face of the earth I have just felt so crazy busy the last couple of weeks. I finally have some time to recap and let you all know of what has occuppied our time! First off Isa. She is such a handful she rolls all over the place!

The North Dakota State Fair is held here in Minot so we made a day of it and enjoyed all of the festivities. They had a military appreciation day which gave us free lunch and some discounts on things so that was a lot of fun! They had a lady painting flags on kids at the lunch so naturally Zoe was all for that. We are as they say "Proud to Be an American"

Zoe got to go on a lot of rides and enjoy the heat. She had so much fun she was so upset when we told her that we were done for the day.

They also had a huge sand box for all the kids to play in with tons of toys, and a bubble machine that blew out hundreds of bubbles non stop all day.

Later that day Maddy came over and when she saw that Zoe was in the tub she couldn't wait to join her. They had so much fun I thought they were going to turn the whole bathroom into a tub!

Isa has turned into the funniest sleeper. We find her in all sorts of positions but here are a couple. My favorite part is that she put her paci in her mouth and that must have done the job because she is out cold!

Okay so we were a little late in the game at that whole kiddie pool thing but alas we finally got one! Zoe has a blast in it. We got her a cheap fishing pole at the dollar store and well all we ever hear is "I wanna wear my baby soup!" Don't worry that wasn't misspelled that is how she says it!

As some of you know I am now the big 26! I can't believe it myself but it is true. My birthday started out as just another day until I realized I had been slacking on my laundry and that it needed to get done so this is what I folded on my big day!

Mike threw me a birthday Luau and it was a ton of fun!! We had skewers of chicken and pineapple that were marinated and vegetable skewers that were marinated as well. All catered by none other than Mike himself. The food turned out really good and I think everyone had a lot of fun. Thanks to all those who were able to come. Mike and I have really been working out a lot check out the Abs on that guy!

Despite our requests our friends all came with presents which what can I say other than I was soooooo excited! This is a shout out to all those who came!

Mike got me an I-POD probably so I will stop stealing his. My mom also got me a double jogging stroller which I have been wanting for quite a while now. Its been so much fun because I have been able to take the girls roller blading everyday since I got it! Okay also as you can see in my picture that might be mistaken for Gisele I am modeling a beautiful hawaiian hat. Mike insisted that I wear this hat the whole night despite the fact that it didn't fit on my big head. So sad I know.

We have bee going to the Zoo a lot lately with our friends so here are some pics of that. Zoe and Maddy have so much fun together they just run, giggle, laugh and play the whole time!

Isa just enjoys being outside and as you can see she came for the stroller straps.

Last but not least check out these models. There favorite thing to do together now is to play dress up and do they ever dress up! I'll let the pictures do the talking!

Well so there you have it our crazy life for the past two weeks. Oh and also we are ready to paint the basement bedroom now and we have been out trying to pick out carpet. No pictures yet but I will post some when it is completely finished!

Tagged

And the Tags go on. I have had quite a few tags lately which I really enjoy so here ya go!

1-What's your husband's full name? Mike – I am stealing Nikki’s response - No way I'm putting his full name on the Internet for some crack-pot to access.

2-How long have the two of you been together? We started dating March 2, 2004, got engaged August 14, 2004 and married December 18, 2004. So 4 ½ years according to that time line!

3-How long did you date? Long enough! Dating is over rated!

4-Who eats more? Hands down Mike. The man eats more than anyone I know! Seriously you know that friends episode where Joey is eating a sandwich before Thanksgiving dinner to stretch his stomach. That is Mike he always has a meal while I am preparing dinner!

5-Who said, "I love you, first?" I did to which I got no response. Keep in mind we were already engaged. Seriously people we started out with issues but look how far we’ve come. Needless to say there isn’t a day that goes by without him saying it now.

6-Who is taller? Mike by about 4 inches

7-Who sings better? Me of course because Mike refuses to sing even though I know he has a pretty decent voice. PS I am better than Barbara Nikki and I am sure you are too.

8-Who is smarter? Depends on the subject. Mike can learn anything he sets his mind to and is quite possibly the Jackest of all trades (I made that word up)

9-Who does the laundry? I do though Mike for some reason will help fold occasionally if it is late at night and he wants to do a different kind of laundry.

10-Who does the dishes? The crazy OCD lady that lives in our house. She even washes them before they go into the dishwasher!

11-Who sleeps on the right side of the bed? It depends on where we live. I am certain that I can have whichever side I want assuming that side is the one closest to the door so I can get the children in the midnight hours

12-Who pays the bills? Mike and he will never relinquish control. I think he thinks I don’t know how, which is exactly how I want to keep it!

13- Who mows the lawn? Whoever doesn’t carry the children for nine months its in our pre-nup

14-Who cooks dinner? I do because ketchup bread isn’t dinner to me

15-Who drives when you are together? It depends on how you look at it. Mike is in the drivers seat with me telling him how to do it the whole time. I will completely admit to my nagging in the car. I get really carsick

16-Who is more stubborn? Mike and I don’t want to hear another word about it!

17-Who kissed whom first? Mike kissed me of course. Hello who wouldn’t want to kiss me first

18-Who asked whom out first? I don’t know if you call “hey come over to my house and play risk tomorrow night” asking out but as you can see it led to great things!

19-Who proposed? Mike it went a little something like this “So I think we should get married what do you think?”

20-Who is more sensitive? Neither we are both to stubborn to be the sensitive one

21-Who has more friends? Mike, the man knows every person we see and they were all his best friend and one point or another.

22-Who has more siblings? Me, there are seven of us McGee’s gracing this earth

23-Who wears the pants in the family? We don’t wear pants in this family. Except that I do and he hasn’t realized it yet

Hey if you like this tag and you want me to read one about you (which I will) then I tag you!

WATER LOGGED!

I didn't feel like the pictures of Isa drinking water did her justice, so we got it on video! PS just so you know we had worked on the basement all day. This explains the wendy's dinner in the video. This kid is hilarious

TAGGED

I got tagged by Rochelle to #1 Get the closest book #2 Find pg. 123 #3 Find the 5th sentence #4 Post the 5th sentence #5 Tag 5 more people! Here it is. (This seriously was the closest book and cracks me up what I found. "If you want to use your bike to get fit, first you have to make sure you fit your bike." Are the bike gods trying to tell me something here? ... I tag ... Lori, Heather, Kelsie, Michele, and Britt.

THINGS I'VE LEARNED THIS WEEK!!!

There are a number of things I learned about my family this week here are just a few caught by the camera!

This is Zoe's happy face for pictures!

Isa Loves to drink water from a glass!
You can never over accessorize (even if you are wearing knee pads with high heels)

Isa is on the move (what little freedom I had left will soon be gone and replaced with a rolling scooting busy baby)

One Word - Bumbo. Throw those happiest baby on the block books away ladies this is all you need No meal is complete without a muchkin. Seriously these things are awesome. What will they think of next!

Mike accomplishes a whole lot more when I am with him (I still dont quite get this because I hardly did anything compared to what he did so I will just say I must have been his motivation)

I am an expert holder! Seriously though we don't have any pictures of this but let me tell you I hold a mean two by four, sheet rock, two by four, hammer, two by four, tape measure, two by four, electrical box, two by four and cam light housing! It was actually a lot of fun to see so much progress done on the basement. Did I mention I held a lot of two by fours?