Please continue to keep Ann, her family, and my mom in your prayers.

Yesterday was quite a day. We are in the process of doing room switches. Holden and Grace have shared a room ever since we found out we were pregnant with Beckett. It has been a pretty good arrangement, but it is becoming time that they separate with the ages they are at. Neither kid is willing to move to a different level of the house (okay by me:) so Liv and Grace will be bunking together. Holden will be taking Liv's room. Holden and I started the process of switching clothes over. He was looking through his clothes and telling me which things he did not think fit him anymore...what he really wanted to say was that he did not like some shirts. Once I told him it was  okay to tell me you do not like something he did not hold back! So in the process we have a stack of clothing to go to Goodwill. I LOVE PURGING!

Earlier in the day the girls and I were cleaning their room out. Liv had just left the room and I watched her go into her old bedroom. I put something in a box looked up and I saw her little head going for the stairs. I literally hurdled Holden's bed and sprinted to catch her but my fingers just grazed her clothes. I watched my little girl do kart wheels down the stairs landing flat on her face at the bottom. It was a horrendous sight. I screamed "Liv!" and there was Grace at the top of the stairs completely terrified that Liv had died. She had the saddest look on her face and was calling out Liv's name. When she realized she was okay...she tried comforting her with about 20 blankets and nukies. It took a while for all of us to recover. That girl is F-A-S-T!

After that traumatic experience, she had some lunch and took a nap. I was on the phone with Sherri when I heard a thump and then a cry. I knew it was Liv. I took off up the stairs and found her crying a walking out of her room...her blankie hanging on the crib. Obviously, she made a break for it and got a nugget on her head to prove it. She jumped ship!! That little stinker. She is a strong child, always has been. But since she escaped her crib (thankfully not hurt) we need to put it as low as it can go. That lead to a full room switch. So, the girls are in the one room and Holden is on his own, but just before bedtime her thought he'd rather sleep on the top bunk than sleep on a mattress on the floor. He says he was not chickening out, but he just did not want to sleep on the floor. So, all three kids bunked together...I can't believe we all slept through the night. It sounded disastrous!

The girls are going with a music and guitar theme in hot pinks, green and pink. Holden has decided to go the UND Fighting Sioux hockey route. He really wanted black walls or that Irish green color. I told him I refused to paint any of those colors on my walls. My ideas of what would look good aesthetically and his ideas of what is cool and "all Sioux" are not jiving. He said he wants me to do a drawing of my ideas in a color for him...what? Can't the kid just trust me?:)

So our house is all a buzz and a mess...and a ton of work to be done to get all the rooms complete. Anyone who wants to come over for a painting party you are welcome anytime:)

On another note, this weather has been nothing short of depressing. It seems to snow every single day and very little sunshine. However, in just 22 days we will be sitting on the beaches of Cancun for seven days! Yippee...that is the only thing getting me through these less than happy days. The grandparents will be doing a split shift for us. The kids love being with their grandparents so they should barely notice we are gone. And...maybe my little cling on will see she is okay without me not always in her sight. We are so excited to get away...without any responsibilities and some much needed couple time. We have not been on a real vacation since before Grace was conceived. We have done short little getaways, but not a tropical getaway for an extended time. It is overdue and much anticipated:)

I purchased a few items last weekend for the trip and when we got in the car Grace asked why I needed flip flops for Mexico...wasn't there snow in Mexico? When we informed her what we would be wearing and doing she put on her biggest pout face and said "unfair!" Hehe...yep it is:)