Tiny Talk Tuesday

His words to go with this photo:
Look, I'm El Toro Loco with one horn! (holding up the guitar with straw attachment to his head, then he added the finger horn) Look, I'm El Toro Loco with two horns!

He's always thinking... I told him today that El Toro Loco means the Crazy Bull in Spanish, but he didn't believe me!

Oh, and that reminds me - Elizabeth said something today that we couldn't understand, so David said, "Elizabeth is speaking Spanish!"

No words to go with this one, but has anyone else noticed that underwear always seems to fit not only the bottom, but the top as well? I remember one of Uncle Bubba's friends wearing his underwear on his head one day on the school bus...

There's EB's kicking back with some milk before bedtime. She's saying "hi" to everyone all day long. When Dad comes in from working, "Hi, Dad!" When Grandpa comes in from working, "Hi, Grandpa!" When Grandma comes in from Quilt Club, "Hi, Grandma!" And every single time Jesse walked by last weekend when he was staying here, "There's Jesse!"

With all that's going on right now, sometime Tiny Talk Tuesday is the only post I get to all week, but I know the family that reads this enjoys it, so I try really hard to make sure it's here for ya! You can read more Tiny Talk by clicking over to Not Before 7.

Sleeping Angel Contest

At this very moment, my babies are sleeping angels. Crashed in my old bedroom, where the four of us have slept for over a year now. David has his twin mattress on the floor against one wall...

Complete with shark pillow, Snoopy sheets, and his "Great blanket" that my Grandmama made for him.

And in a play pen that she's just about to outgrow, Elizabeth is up against the opposite wall with her snuggly pink blanket (completely under her) and her little lamb.

Mom & Dad's bed is sandwiched in the middle of the room between the kids. BUT SOON... and I've been saying SOON for a while now... but soon for real, we should be able to move into our own house! And wouldn't it be grand if we had a beautiful bedroom set for David's room?

Well, I was so excited to see that 5 Minutes for Mom was hosting the Sleeping Angel Contest! I could just envision David's mattress off the floor (it's been on the floor since he was 2) and WOW, storage underneath it!!!! I also love the bookshelf headboard. That would be the perfect place for his favorite books and, of course, a flashlight. This is the Summer Breeze set, but I'm not sure if I'd pick the blue or pine finish.

If you've got little ones, click on over to 5 Minutes for Mom and enjoy the goodies. I don't enter too many contests, but I couldn't stay away from this one!

And speaking of the flashlight... Grandma got David some more glow sticks recently. He went to bed around 8, if I remember correctly. When I started getting ready for bed about an hour later, this is what I found on my bed:

I'm sick. Haven't even felt like doing work at the house. Elizabeth's sick too and David's just a little bit conjested. Pray for speedy recovery.

Bit of Tiny Talk from All 3!

David has been talking since last Tuesday. I mean literally since last Tuesday! I wanted to vlog for Tiny Talk this week. He was explaining the Grand Prix race car, complete with spoiler, that he built out of Legos. Then we had a tired meltdown & foiled that plan. But before that, as he was explaining it to me, I told him, "You're so smart, David!" To which he replied, "I certainly am!"

Elizabeth is quickly picking up non-stop talking from her brother and is labelling just about everything she sees. Tonight as we headed for bed, I called out, "Nite-nite, Grandma & Grandpa!" Grandma replied, but Grandpa didn't say anything. Elizabeth called out "Ga-pa, ni-ni, Ga-pa," until Grandpa finally told her nite-nite, too!

This morning I had this month's OB check-up. All it was really was a chance to hear the heartbeat, which I did. It sounded fine. OK, so that's not talking, but it is #3's first appearance on Tiny Talk Tuesday!! Anyway, I hadn't gained any weight since last month, so not being able to fasten my pants any more tells me that baby is growing and not me!

We're still working on the house daily. Meaning Dad & I are the only. ones. working. Grrr.... The plumber came today & left, saying he needs to have electricity on to finish his work & charge the lines (well water). The septic tank can't be installed until there's water, and there's no water until we have electricity. The painters can't do their finish-up / touch-up until there's electricity. Most of the electric company people are working to get the hurricane victims electricity again. So, Dad & I will continue working on what we can until there's nothing left we can do. Almost makes me wish for a cookie cutter house...

Tiny Talk Tuesday

David seems to be talking... constantly... now-a-days.

Last evening in the car, his nose was running. He was sniffing & then said, "My nose is running out of boogers."

See more Tiny Talk over at Mary's.

House Progress: The Mantle

All I requested was a mantle that I could hang the Christmas stockings from. Dad had bigger ideas. He found a large mesquite tree & cut it down. Then he found another firefighter with a saw mill and they cut the trunk into a board.

(Dad said he wasn't going to shave or cut his hair until the house was done. He finally broke down & shaved, but I can't get him to go for the haircut yet!)

Grandpa H was more than willing to offer his woodworking wisdom and shop to refine the board.

Dad helped as Grandpa ran the board through the planer to take off the saw cut marks. Then, after some pointers, Grandpa gave the sander over to Dad.

Before long, the board was smooth as glass! It was an amazing transformation. Back at home, Dad painted on some tung oil, which really brought out the grain of the wood:

Now it's waiting to be mounted over the hearth. Way to go above and beyond, Dad... again!

Another day (today actually), as I was doing a little work in the closets, David was doing a little work outside. This was, perhaps, his muddiest ever!

Welcome Michael!

A couple of Saturdays back, now, I had the privilege of helping a lifelong friend welcome her new son. We celebrated with a day at the park, pizza, and cake. Michael joined my friend's family just in time for his 5th birthday!

David & Michael hit it off playing with all the new construction equipment that Michael got for his birthday. And Elizabeth had a wonderful time on the swings with Dad giving a push!

It was such a joy to be able to help them celebrate this wonderful event in their family!

Pray for Aunt Jana

I know many of my readers are prayer warriors, so I'm going to ask you to pray for David & Elizabeth's Aunt Jana tonight (Dad's sister). She decided not to evacuate her home in Houston as Hurricane Ike rolls in. Pray for her & her roommate's safety. My best friend & her family evacuated their home near the coast yesterday. We're praying their home makes it through the storm.

The latest floors!

OK, so it wasn't rocket science & I figured out how to resize my photos with Paint. How basic can you get? Anyway...

Here is the laminate flooring going into the dining room. The plastic hanging all over the place is the drape put up by the painters to keep the walls safe while they painted the cabinets, which you can see just a sneak peek of there on the side. Dad made walkways throughout the house of cardboard so the workers, who don't seem particularly careful, won't tromp mud all over the pretty floors!

And here you can see the master bathroom coming together! The tile was grouted today (after this photo, with a light colored grout) & I haven't seen it yet. We did 2 bands of glass mosaic tiles in the shower to pick up the blues in the room. It looks beautiful! The clawfoot tub from Dad's great-grandmother's house will sit there under the window. I'm imagining that will feel pretty good to soak in when I'm big & pregnant! Window sill & baseboards need to be added.

I hear that the cabinets were also finished today and that Mr. Builder's guys started putting the baseboards back up (they had to be taken down to install the laminate). They decided against working on the chimney in the rain. I surely wouldn't want to be on the wet tin roof!

If the fumes have cleared out by morning, I'll get back to work on some things that have been put off while flooring was going on. Now I need my bed!

It's Official

My hard drive is officially dead. Along with it went a ton of important emails in Outlook, my entire email address book, and my graphics programs. I had saved financial records, photos & documents onto flash drives before it went down, thank goodness.

So if you were in my address book, email me so I can save your email address on my web-based server! And be patient with my lack of photos until I figure out what to do about cropping & resizing them.

At the house: The laminate installers finished today, but we were short 2 rows of laminate, so we'll have to go pick that up later & finish it ourselves. The tile installers are on day two of their installation. The cabinet painters should have been there Monday finishing, but never showed up. Don't know when they'll be back to finish. Dad is frustrated at the people who don't show up when they're supposed to. Grandpa, Marvin & Dad started the corner post holes for the back fence this morning before the rain.