Do you hear that?

I'm enjoying a few quiet moments this afternoon. Maddie's at lunch with her great-grandma, Aaron's at a staff meeting and the twins are napping. I am somewhat excited about the prospect of this happening regularly once Maddie's in Kindergarten this fall. With my luck the babies will decide naps are no longer necessary. Oh well...one can hope!

We have finally been contacted by the design center. I went in for a "browse" last week while Aaron was at work. After crunching numbers and going through the price sheet, Aaron wants to go look at our options himself before we have to make our final decisions on the 7th. We're meeting there this afternoon once his staff meeting is over. I spoke with the agent for the builder this week and he estimated that we could be in our new home by the end of November. I'm not going to hold him to that, but it's exciting that we might be settled by Christmas!

It's been awhile since I've updated on my back. It's been doing MUCH better. I have almost been able to completely give up my ibuprofen regimen twice a day. I actually hadn't taken any for almost two weeks until Monday. The county left dumpsters throughout the neighborhood and we did some big time dejunking and yard cleanup. I was really careful about not lifting heavy stuff or moving awkwardly, but apparently I wasn't careful enough. I'm more sore than I have been in several weeks. Fortunately it isn't the crippling pain that I had from November - January. I just need to remember that it will be forever injured and I need to be careful.

Cami and Brie are both walking. Cami has been for about a month and she's very steady on her feet. Brie just decided last Friday that she was going to do it and she's still in the learning stages. She's getting very good at it though! I don't know what I'm going to do with them now. Church is probably the most difficult because it is impossible to keep them happy and entertained during Sacrament Meeting. We end up taking them out to the foyer at some point during the meeting. I have managed to get the nursery leader to take them so that I can enjoy Sunday School and Relief Society without having to wrangle the girls. It's been so nice!!!

Maddie is taking swimming lessons and working on a couple of pre-K and Kindy workbooks I bought for her. She is like a sponge - she wants to know everything right now! I do not know where that child gets her energy. She's on overdrive from the moment she wakes up until after I put her to bed at night. It's hard to keep her entertained. We've been trying to go on a big outing once a week and spend a few days at the pool a week. She's also had a few playdates with the triplets. They play very well together.

I think that's all that we have going on right now. We did book a few days stay in Vegas near the end of July. It will be our only get-away this year I think. We're looking forward to a few days of relaxing and family time. (not sure relaxing will be part of it with the kids in tow!)