Another busy week...every week I tell myself that I'll do a mid-week post but it never happens! It's easiest to update while I'm at work since Austin loves to push the power button on the computer at home haha! If I wait til they are both asleep...it doesn't work either because that's when we clean, relax and attempt to stay awake long enough for a conversation haha. So be patient with me. :)

So lets backtrack to when I last left off.

Houses: Backfilling of the basement and the garage slab was poured last week for the new house. Looking good. :) They will be framing all this week and most of next week as well. It's going to really start looking like a house now!!!

As far as our current house, we had 2 showings on Sunday and we have one scheduled for this coming Saturday! Realtor said that we've been getting a steady amount of people "viewing" our listing online. He sent us the report for last week and I think it said 77 views. :) We got feedback from one person who came on Sunday...they told the realtor that they loved the size of the backyard and the fence but felt that our house looked cluttered. Umm hello!...once we move out all this stuff won't be here!

Austin: Speech went well again on Friday...(I missed it because I was at work). His ST brought her own toys and Andy said he loved that. They worked on popping the bubbles...(pop is a homework word this week) and she also had these small balloons that he liked. His other homework word is tie...kinda hard to incorporate that one right now because his shoes are either velcro or slip ons at the moment so we talk about tying daddys shoes and just saying the word in general haha! We are also working on more 2-3 word phrases. He has been saying "do it again" a lot more now when he wants us to read a book again, help stack another tower, etc. He is also obsessed with his potty time DVD. I really want to just go buy a potty chair & start sitting him on before bathtime & when he wakes up to get him used to the idea but I'm also a little afraid to start the whole process! He knows the order of events though...if he comes into the bathroom with either of us he will point to the toilet and say potty and then point to the toilet paper and say paper then he points to the sink. Such a smartie! :)

Mason: He is now 8 months old! Insane! New food this past week was green beans and he seems to like them better than the peas haha! :) He is steadily growing out of his size 9 month clothing as well. His dresser is about half 9mts and half 12mts clothing...just kinda depends on the brand/item of clothing. Such a long baby! He is really scooting backwards when on his belly and will probably start moving forward soon! He is obsessed with his jumperoo and thinks he should be jumping all the time so its interesting to try to hold him and nurse him now! His legs are always moving! Target is now carrying one brand of cloth diapers in their store so I bought one just to try. I like it...and Andy said we can switch to cloth soon just have a full plate at the moment of other things that our money needs to go to. I want to try 2 other brands since I've heard better reviews on other ones...Target needs to carry options in the store haha! Looking forward to the childrens resale event in mid-March so I can maybe buy some used ones, strip them, and see if I like them.

Work: Going to 24 hour shifts starting March 10. Yuck! :( Did find out today that my salary is increasing by $6K a year because they realized how underpaid we are. That's great news but I'm still cranky about the new shifts. Parkview ...please call soon!

Weeks need to start slowing down & being less busy...

Put the house on the market Monday night...but didn't make it to the realtor website til Wednesday night (yeah, our realtor is kinda a flake). He came & took pictures Thursday. Also put the nifty front door lock box on our door. So if you or someone you know is searching for a house...send them our way...or to the Re-max website. Price is negotiable.

Austin had his first session of Speech therapy Friday! Went well. She thinks he will learn fast! :) Yay for Austin! He is doing better at attempting to repeat words everyday. :) He kept telling Sarah, his ST, that he's two haha! Our homework this week is to work on "up" and "in". She said he's lacking in action words & those were the two she wanted us to emphasize when we play this coming week.

Mason is loving his food! I enjoy making it too...so easy, should have made more of Austins food when he was this little. He has had banana, avocado, apple, pear, & peas so far. :) He is attempting to move backwards when he gets on his belly now. He's also sleeping much better on the nights I'm home...wakes up around 5-5:30am. Sleeps til 7:30ish when it's just Andy.

Took a couple more pictures of our new house this morning. They made more progress than anticipated for this last week!!! Basement and basement walls are done. They've also put in the stairs to the basement (still wooden and not completely done yet). They've also started the floor for the main level. Yay!

Andy's car sold just before I left for work today. :) Sold for less than what he wanted but the guy was persistent with the negotiation process & they were able to settle on a reasonable amount!

Looking forward to having 3 days off when I get home from work in the morning!! Andy also has 3 days off since Monday is Presidents day and Tuesday is his scheduled day off each week! :)

Another eventful week. :)

Stakes were placed earlier this week to mark the perimeter of the house and yard. Then Wednesday morning we met with the builder and surveyor to go over the whole layout (in the snow...).  Basement digging occurred all day Wednesday. I stopped by after nap time to take the picture that is on facebook. :) Each Monday we will get a progress report email about what is planned for the current week so I will attempt to take at least one picture a week if there's actually something to show.

Austin will have his first speech therapy session next Friday afternoon. Very interested to see how it will go! Bummed that it took so long to get everything finalized. We have the 3 month progress meeting in April...but he would have only had 2 months of therapy by then so hopefully they can reschedule. He's been saying a lot more words lately and trying hard to imitate! He now tells us when he poops about 50% of the time so we are getting extremely close to potty training.

Last night Mason decided to start saying "dada"!! :) Got it on video as well. :) He whispers it then says it haha! This morning he looked right at Andy before he left for work and said dada. So cute!! Can't wait til he starts saying Mama! We are looking closely into making the transition to cloth diapers for him for several reasons. More updates on that as we decide. Any input would be great to hear. Gotta love pinterest for articles about it and my awesome cousin Stephanie who is a former cloth diaper momma!

Nothing new on Parkview yet. My friend Jess said they are going live with a new charting system tomorrow so the whole hospital has been busy so I'll continue to be patient. Work just dropped the bombshell that we are going to 24 hour shifts next month. Not sure how that will work for us.