Todd's new career

Time for some catching up!  We have been super busy and and so here is what we've been up to lately.
Todd got a new job as the Marketing Director at EagleLIFT, it is such a blessing to have him get this position. There is so much potential at this company and Todd is on his way up. The company restores and lifts foundations. They have a patent for the filler they use to fill in the cavities in the ground and it's really impressive, Todd has done two home shows now and he's set up five more, he'll be super busy this summer. We sometimes have to drop off Todd at work because we sold our second car (it was really old) so the kids love it when we visit the office and everybody loves seeing the kids. I'll post a picture of his office after they paint it and he finishes decorating it, right now it's white walls and a massive desk. Because they are called EagleLIFT, their symbol is of an eagle, duh. Well now Lauren is obsessed with eagles, every single bird she sees she says is an eagle. Makes me laugh.
We have been so blessed and so many blessings have happened just this year already. Because of this new career Todd has which is the career he was meant to have, he absolutely loves it, we are looking at homes in the area. We finally got life insurance and while we were talking to our agent, he had a partner with him who also does real estate, she told us of a program for first time home-buyers and we were amazed, we had no idea, so now we have done all the paperwork and submitted it to our loan officer and we are just waiting now, it's looking good! We already know what area we want to live in, first on the priority list is the school district, there is no reason to move to a bad school district, at all. Next on the list was space, we want a four bedroom house, and we found a few, even a couple homes with a fifth bedroom in our price range. Again, we have been so blessed and can't believe this is all happening this year, 2012 is our year! Todd joked saying because we have such bad luck, it makes sense this is happening this year when the world is supposed to end, ha! Just our luck!
More posts coming soon, so much to catch up on!

Early Reading

This is one of two of his favorite books, they are the baby sesame street books, he "reads" them every day. I love this little guy so much, look at those thighs! He turned fourteen months old yesterday, only four more to go before he joins Lauren in the Nursery.

Block Puzzles

I got this idea from Pinterest...block puzzles. Best part, I had everything I needed. I printed a few images out and mod podged them onto wooden alphabet blocks-I used 9. Here are the pictures, it took me an hour and a half and the glue dries really quickly so the kids were busy with them a few minutes after being done.

Can you guess what games/shows we watch? I might do more, we'll see. For now Lauren is content with three more puzzles, she loves puzzles!

Did you know...

that Feb.15th is Buzz Lightyear's birthday? I actually made it up, it was raining that day and we decided to throw a birthday party to lighten things up a bit. First was making cookies, that's all I had on hand, peanut butter cookies, yummy. Then we had a little shoe box and filled it with toys that Lauren picked out for Buzz, how about that-toys for a toy.  Then we lit a candle and sang to him. It was fun, Lauren asked a couple days later if tomorrow was Buzz's birthday, so cute. Here's a picture.

Happy Valentine's Day

Todd made a video for me for Valentines Day, it was really neat and I'm glad he made me a video instead of signing a card. It's on youtube, here's the link

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PIPVrpIrYPQ&feature=plcp&context=C34fd00bUDOEgsToPDskKX3nxzwyuTBIG2sC8w7Oaz

Enjoy!

San Dimas Canyon Park

The kids love this park, it has way more than a regular park does...it has a little zoo! Owls, snakes, turtles, and deer etc. They also love the playground, here is Lauren being a big girl and running around all by herself.

Fun times

Mess free finger painting...was a hit!

don't mind the dirty diapers outside, oh well.