Happy Bday to Rafe!

Rafey turned 2 yesterday! He's getting to be quite a big boy. We have no shortage of action figures! He also got a basketball goal, a Flinstone style car, John Deere tractor, and some clothes. He's such a sweet little boy, but he definitely has an ornery streak in him, too! He has been by far my earliest talker, which I'm sure is influenced by two big sisters to imitate and model after! For the most part he's using 3-4 word sentances, but he will occasionally bust out something like, "Gabi drank it all up mama." The kids all had a good time, but I'm glad birthdays are over until Gabi and Mitch's at the end of October.

We planned on having a small party at our house at 5:30, but at 3:15 Mitch poured some Drano type stuff called "Liquid Fire" down the bathtub drain. By 3:19 we were smelling a hideous smell. Gabi said it smelled like "bad eggs" and yes, it was a sewage/rotten egg smell indeed. I thought it was possibly toxic (there were warnings ALL OVER the liquid fire), so we retreated to Grandma and Pa's house! Mitch tried to air the house out, but by 5:30 we were meeting at his parent's house for the party. Improvise and roll with the punches! :) Mitch took the muscle car themed decorations and cupcakes over, and everything worked out fine. The kids and I stayed the night at my parents and word from Mitch as of 8am, the house still smelled.

We're in for a couple of busy weeks now. Hopefully today we'll learn Baby's gender, tomorrow is Rafe's 2yr checkup, and in two weeks we close on the rental! Alli decided for now she needs to focus on buying her house from Mom and Dad, so Mitch and I are buying it alone. I can't wait, but we've got a lot to do between now and then. Thankfully Mitch's last CATIA class is this Friday, and Calc is over the 28th.

So far, I feel like deactivating FB has been very fruitful! I've wanted a rental since 9th grade, and FINALLY we've got a signed contract. I've felt like I should homeschool Gabi for a few years, and while I'd researched different curriculums, I hadn't DONE anything. Now we've started "school" despite not having the entire curriculum yet. I've had a list of craft projects I want to do, but have only done very basic stuff. Now I've got an ever growing rug, and I've found that my parent's neighbor knows how to knit and can show me how to make the Christmas stockings!

So say a prayer for us today, and maybe we'll find out if Baby is a boy or girl this afternoon! 20 weeks today--halfway there!