Bad Bad Kaila

The last few weeks have been very eventful in the BROWNLEE household. Collin turned 6 weeks old ... and is finally starting to give us a little bit of a break at night. Note, I said little bit!
My dear friend Lyndenn came up for Easter Weekend and her birthday. We celebrated with some much needed pedicures, and adult dinner and the Wenatchee Wild Game! What a blast, it's always so refreshing to spend time with her! We finally had our final inspection on our house, and PASSED! Yay, definately going to frame our occupancy permit..it's a big deal for us. This house has left us in tears, in laughter, up late, sometimes not even sleeping at all. I can't even explain how many memories we have in this house!
Since it has been finished we have kinda taken a break in the details. My house hasn't been cleaned in 3 weeks until tonight.. We have taken the kids to the park almost every single day! Had a ton of playdates, and are just enjoying having time. I can't help but think about how much the kids have missed out on this last year while we were building. All of our 'free' time has been invested into this.
Austin and Alyssa are both doing gymnastics now at Apple Valley Gymnastics. This is once a week, and sooo good for them! I wish Wenatchee had a few more opportunities for little ones such as this! Tomarrow night we're taking kids to the carnival and hitting up the food fair. I look forward to the Apple Blossom festivities every year. It's just a fun way for us to get out, and run into people we haven't seen in awhile! Matt's bestfriend Eric is also home from Denver, and we're really excited to see him. He's always good for a few laughs :) LOVE YOU ERIC! haha
Okay I'm off to bed, but figure I should blog a little before then!

Needless to say, life with three is definately busy! I finally feel like I am getting into the groove of having 3 little ones! Collin has developed Collic which makes for some interesting and very long nights. Overall though he seems to be doing better!

Matt has really been pushing to get our house finished. Last weekend we painted the exterior, and Matt stayed up til 4:30 a.m. last night and worked on trim, did the backsplash in our master bath, and tiled most of the shower. We have an appraisal today which will help determine how our future will go!

We have also decided that we have let the house come between us and the kids tooo much! I have vowed not to let the house stuff come between the fun things and quality time with Austin and Alyssa. I need to find a couple of teenagers to babysit...ANy ideas?? Or maybe even another mom to Swap nights with. I want to plan one date night a month, and once a month and outting with each one of the kiddos!

Alyssa started gymnastics this week, and it was adorable! I never realized how timid she is without her older brother! She really relies on Austin for a lot of things. It was sooo good for her, and I look forward to her gaining some independence! Austin sat on the side the entire time and was such a good boy watching his baby brother! He loves Collin, and I am absolutely flabergasted! He always sings to him, cuddles him, and is kissing him!

We are starting to fill up our weekends this summer, and I cannot wait! Check back to see what we're up to this weekend!

Grandma's visit

Grandma Vickery came to visit today, and it was fun to see her and spend some time with her! The kids definately got wore our, and their attitudes showed it by dinner time :(