My super hard-working husband works on our house every weekend and he has done so much to improve the looks of it! I'm so lucky that he has the skills to do this because it has saved us a ton of money. I'm also blessed that he wants to do this on the two days off from work.
This past weekend, he painted the trim on our house to match the trim on our windows and it looks awesome! Even our neighbor, Judy, came over and said she loved it and was jealous because she has the dark brown trim.
While Brent painted, Beck and I busted out the chalk and drew lots of pictures on the side walk, took a super long walk and Beck spent lots of time in his Little Tikes car. Regarding the super long walk...Beck was in his car pushing himself like Fred Flintstone and I thought we would come back when he got tired. Little did I know that it takes a long time for Beck to get tired. I asked him several times if he wanted to go back home and he said, "No" so we kept going. After going several blocks, Beck decided to ditch the car and walk. We ended up walking to the very end of our street (Stilwell) which is .5 mile so we walked a total of 1 mile! I didn't have a cell phone which didn't matter because Brent was outside painting and he didn't have his cell phone either. I was praying he would get worried about us and drive down the street looking for us. That didn't happened and of course Beck got super tired of walking and wanted me to carry him. So, I'm 8-months preggers, carrying a 35 pound boy AND pushing his car home. Needless to say, I was completely exhausted by the time we got home.
This is Brent taking a break to draw a picture on our sidewalk with Beck.
In this picture, you can see the difference between the old paint (dark brown/black shutters) and the new paint.
All done except for the door! I love it!!!
The little machine that cleans the bottom of the pool is known as, "Freddy" at our house and Brent explained to me why he's called that...When he was younger, he and his siblings loved to watch horror movies and Freddy Krueger from Nightmare on Elm Street was a very scary character that always jumped out and scared you to death! His fingers were made of knives which resembles the tail on the pool sweep. So, he and his siblings decided to call the pool sweep, "Freddy" because he could sneak up on you while you are in the water and Get YOU! Or, sometimes, he pops out of the water and his tail will fling water at you.
Beck seems to think Freddy is his toy and always wants to play with it or get it out of the water. If we are near the pool, we can count on Beck to point to Freddy and say, "Mine!" On this particular evening, Beck was having a blast with Freddy's tail. But, before he started playing with Freddy, Beck wanted my camera so he charged at me with chocolate on his face and notice his fingers are crossed. Also, the broom is on the ground because Beck was using it to clean the pool! 
This is Beck pointing at Freddy saying, "Mine!" 
Saturday afternoon, we watched Marcus as Jeff and Jill attended a wedding. Beck woke up from his nap and was still a little sleepy so he crawled into daddy's lap while Brent was also holding Marcus. It was sweet to see Brent holding two little ones. And, this was a small hint of how our life will be with two little ones. Beck was very kind and gentle with little Marcus. 
On Thursday, I picked Beck up from Mrs. Linda's to take him to a 3:30 doctor's appointment. He was excited to see me but was not excited to see Dr. Minsky. He started whimpering as soon as we got out of the car. Luckily, his office is very fast and took us back as soon as we walked in. The first girl asked us a few questions then measured him (38" tall), weighed him (35.4 lbs) and his head is 19 3/4". He cried through everything. Then, Dr. Minsky comes in and he cries more. The doctor told us that Beck looks great (stomach, ears and mouth) and that he's off the charts except he's in the 75-90% category for the size of his head. Dr. Minsky loves Beck and always gives him a kiss and this time he gave Beck 5 stickers.
Then, the dreaded part...Gail Minsky (Dr. Minsky's wife and nurse) comes in with two shots. One is for chicken pox (given in the left arm) and the other is for Hep A (given in the left leg). She said he could possibly develop chicken pox 7-21 days after the shot is given but hopefully that won't happen! 
After we got home from Gatti Town, Beck played for a little bit and then it was time to take a bath. Well, he did not want to leave Kiki so after we got him undressed, Beck ran into the living room totally naked and jumped in the chair next to Kiki! We wrapped a towel around him just in case...
The Sunday after Beck's birthday party, we all met at Jeff and Jill's church to witness Marcus receive his blessing. He was a trooper because I never heard a peep from him. Our son, on the other hand, was quite the entertainer during church. He drove his school bus around (on the floor and on the back side of the pew), he also played with his new monster truck that he got for his birthday and gave this sweet little baby sitting next to us his monkey but quickly took it away and said, "Mine!" which is one word we hear on a daily basis.
We took lots of family pictures then headed to Jeff and Jill's for lunch. They had the most delicious bar-b-que, potato salad, cole slaw and orange salad.
Jill's brother, Michael, and his wife, Emily, flew in from FL for the big event and they sat behind us at church along with Jill's parents. Michael is wonderful with kids! 
After lunch, we went home for a much needed 2-hour nap. We were completely exhausted from Beck's birthday party. {I think I over did it that day!}
One of Beck's all-time favorite show to watch is the Backyardigans which consists of 5 characters who imagine that their backyard becomes an adventure place. So, for Beck's 2-year birthday party, we had Backyardigans balloons, plates, cupcakes and a Pablo pinata (Beck loves Pablo!) at the park near our house.
The kid's (Ava B., Lola, Anderson, Natalie, Madeline and Ava D. - Marcus and Addison are way too small to play) played while Brent finished cooking the burgers and hot dogs...
After lunch, we dug into the yummy cupcakes made with love by mommy...
Then the kids hit the pinata...
Brent was the winner of beheading Pablo! (After the party, Brent hot glued the head back to the body and Pablo is now hanging in Beck's room.)
We didn't get a family shot so this is as good as it gets...
Beck got some awesome gifts to include clothes, Trike, giraffe limbo, crayons, chalk, bubbles, tool belt, trucks and lots of clothes!
Thanks to all that came to the party!!!
