Did I not promise I would update today? :)

Here I am, one week later, updating the blog. YESSSSS. I'm actually quite proud of myself for keeping my promise. As the week went on, I tried to make notes about what we did, so that when tonight came - I could actually remember.


Wednesday I did a lot of cleaning (dishes, laundry, sweeping, etc) and put some new pictures in our dining room frames. That night I started feeling sick - my throat was sore. I wasn't sure if it was just dry or what. The next morning I was supposed to be going to Woodbridge, VA to Ikea with a friend, so I was hoping it was nothing. Thursday morning arrived and my throat was still feeling yucky, but we went to Ikea anyway. She has an 8 week old and he slept pretty much the entire drive there, while at Ikea, and on the way home. Sophia was not quite as pleasant, but that's alright. She has a short attention span now that she's older. At Ikea I got a few things that we needed: curtains for all the bedrooms and the living room, a curtain rod for Sophia's room, a TV console, some small jars for my sea glass, pillow inserts for the guest room shams (99 cents a piece!), a flower pot, and 3 small framed mirrors. By the time we got home that night, I felt completely awful. My nose was running, I had a horrible headache, and my throat was sore. I went to bed early and woke up Friday....MISERABLE. I still have my cold, but it's getting much better. Friday was probably the worst day of it - I kid you not when I say that I couldn't smell anything - not a poopy diaper, not the Vicks under my nose, nothing. I couldn't taste anything either. I love food, so this was a particularly frustrating day. Let me tell you - not being able to taste your food takes all the enjoyment away from eating.

Sunday morning I started a roast in our slow cooker and went to church. It was our first Sunday in our new church building! So exciting! The building is awesome and I'll try to take pictures next Sunday. The grand opening services totaled almost 700 people! That is amazing! I hope the Lord continues to help us reach new people and grow as a church community. Sunday night we had the roast, potatoes, carrots, homemade gravy, and wheat rolls for dinner. It was incredibly disappointing...because I couldn't taste a thing. Arg. Sam said it was great, so I took his word for it. Leftovers on Monday were great though! So glad I actually could taste it and enjoy it.

Monday night Sam and I went out for dinner at El Loro - our favorite Mexican restaurant. Sam's mom was kind enough to give us a gift card AND volunteer to babysit so we could go out to eat. Dinner was wonderful. Afterward we ran a few errands at Target and Babies R Us.

Sophia has been quite the chatterbox this week. She babbles constantly and is saying new syllables all the time. Tonight while she was eating dinner, it sounded like she was singing. Adorable! I think she's also working on a little tooth on the top. Her gum has been really white for several days, but nothing poking through yet. I hope it explains why she hasn't been eating as well this week and cranky.

Scooting herself under the chair

Awesome new shirt from Auntie Kristin!

Hanging out at Tyler's baseball games on Sunday

The new tv console! Need to find some neat decorative paper to back those shelves...because Sam accidentally put the backing on backwards. Oh well :)

The OLD tv console...aka a dresser we found on the street

Playing before bedtime

The new pictures in the dining room

Our lights we hung inside the screened in porch