Since we've been home

We've been back for two weeks, but I'm still in vacation mode. Having Kenny at home has been amazing. We've had a lot of fun, gotten a lot done, and I've been completely spoiled so when he goes back to work I'll be miserable.
The good news is, I'll have a car so I don't have to wallow at home in my misery. We finally bought the Durango. After discovering that there are pretty much no healthcare options that would give us maternity coverage, and that we therefore need to wait maybe a year or so before the next baby, my consolation was a car. Sadly, the car was much more affordable than a pregnancy would be:(. But, I had been debating between having my kids 2 or 3 years apart- this just defaults us to the 3 year option, which is fine- we can take things a little slower and just enjoy being a family of three. And someday when #4 comes along, we'll have a way of getting around in our 2002 durango:


My birthday went well- nice and quiet and relaxing. Kenny bought me some books (I read 6 books in the 7 days after my birthday- I highly recommend the "Percy Jackson and the Olympians" series) as well as some good smelling oils and candles and treated me to a 1-hour massage that was just heaven.

I've been going a bit stir crazy, feeling a bit too lazy, spoiled and unproductive just sitting around reading, so we decided to paint a room. We chose the smallest paintable room in the house, a bathroom, not realizing that small does not necessarily mean easy- with the windows, shower, mirror and light fixtures there was plenty of effort involved. I think we did ok, though. Where the master bathroom used to look like this:


It now looks like this:



Kenny, on the other hand, has been working lots around the house. He just barely finished my new bookshelf- I'll post some pictures of the shelf tomorrow on facebook (where the shelf isn't just a dark blob in the photo, since tonight's pictures don't show just how wonderful the shelf is). I'm so excited to have a husband who can build me stuff!


Daniel has been a blast lately. No complaints there, he's been nothing but fun. Though the other day he did get into the fireplace and eat some ash, but he didn't seem too fazed by it (note his black hands and teeth):

His favorite game currently is taking things out of, or putting things into, other things. Like this- he put my shoes in my hamper then had to climb in to get them out again:


We just went to a free US Army Field Band and Soldier's Chorus show at the pavilion and sat out on the lawn and let Daniel run around and smile and wave at everyone, and this sweet old lady walked over at the end and said "I just had to let you know, you have the cutest baby I have seen in many years". It made my night. He's just such a ham in public.

So there's life in a nutshell. Kenny goes to a (lame) how-to-teach-like-a-robot class next week, then he only has 3 free weekdays after that before going back to school full-time. Having him home has been like a second honeymoon, we've both been so happy. But I always have next summer to look forward to...