An eventful week

We've had a few cool things happen to us this week. First, Dylan finally learned how to make his Power Wheels Jeep move. Santa brought it for him this past Christmas and he had been scared when it moved. Not anymore. He takes off. Now he just needs to learn how to steer it. It's so funny....He puts his foot on the "gas pedal" and starts going, but he turns his head around to look behind him instead of in front to see where he's going. He's ran into the fence, the deck, and a tree! Secondly, my sister-in-law Laurel and nephew Alex came from South Carolina for a visit this week. Dylan had tons of fun playing with his cousin. And he loved has his Aunt Laurel's attention all the time. So we spent the day with them and Grandma Hayes. Once we came home from there I was changing Dylan's diaper and he said he wanted to pee pee on the potty. It's been a feat trying to get him to even sit on the toilet. So I said ok let's go which he usually says no, but this time he went right into the bathroom and waited for me to put him on the toilet. I don't know if it was because he knew his cousin Alex goes on the big potty or what, but he sat and tried to go. Nothing ever happened, but at least we've crossed one hurdle on the road to potty training! LOL

Another gray day

Once again today we had no sunshine. I am so tired of the cloudy, cold and rainy days we've been having. Looks like tomorrow it's going to be the same! On top of that today Dylan and I woke up with a nasty cold. Dylan seems to be feeling better now that he's had his nap, but not me. I even had a nap too. Tomorrow my Dad has to go in for an outpatient surgery on his foot. He was at the foot doctor earlier in the week to have the stitches taken out from the previous surgery and they said he has a piece of skin that is dead and needs to be removed. So it's nothing serious. I think tonight will be a pizza night for dinner since I don't feel good. I know it's not healthy, but it's fast and easy.

A Happy Mother's Day!

Happy Mother's Day to all you Mother's who read this blog! I had a great day for my second Mother's Day! It started off with breakfast from McDonald's...my favorite! Dylan also got me a beautiful plant. It looks exotic. It's called a Sun Star and it has bright orange blossoms on it. Very pretty. Then we went to Alton's parents for lunch and then to my parents for a little while. And now we are back home enjoying the rest of the evening....even though it's storming!

Not moving

Well, it don't look like we'll be moving to the house with three acres. The owner of the property called Alton yesterday and decided that he don't want to buy our house now. I don't understand it really. The guy is a supposed millionaire who owns many rental properties. I guess when you buy a property and it's not your primary residence you have to put so much money down and then also pay closing costs. Well, he tells Alton that it would cost him around $26,000 to buy ours so he don't want to do that. Now you can't tell me he didn't already know this. Instead he acts all interested in our house and gets our hopes up for nothing. And you'd think that $26,000 would be a drop in the bucket for a millionaire. So to me I don't think I'd want to do business with him at all anymore. So I guess it wasn't meant to be!

The Garbage Man

Dylan has developed an obsession with the "Gasha Man" A.K.A the garbage man. LOL Today was our garbage day and Dylan was right at the door watching when he came down our street this morning. Then after he is gone and out of sight Dylan has a fit that he can't see him anymore and wants to go look for him. Trying to explain that the garbage man is done with our street and will be back next week is nearly impossible when it comes to a two year old. So he yells and stomps and cries until he finally moves on to something else. I don't know what it is about it that he likes so much. Maybe it's the arm that lifts the can up or just the big truck. It's the funniest thing though. Since you can see the main road from our backyard he's always looking for the Gasha Man when he hears a loud truck go by. Other then that we've had a pretty uneventful day today.

The weekend

Our Anniversary dinner at Olive Garden was really nice! We did have to wait almost 45 minutes to get a table though, but what do you expect on a Saturday night right? The food was excellent! Also over the weekend we found out that we may be moving in the near future. It's a very long story so I'll try to stick tot he main details. Alton has done this man's plumbing for a while, and he said if you ever decide to sell your house let me know first, so he did. The man is also interested in buying our house because he has many rental properties in Pontiac. So he came to look at our house yesterday and it looks like we may be able to buy his! We still have to find out what the payments will be and if we can afford them. The place is on three acres and is in Groveland Township. Dylan would go to Clarkston schools and we wouldn't be living in Pontiac anymore!!! It would be so good. The only thing is that the house needs some major updating, but it would be so worth it to be living back in the country and away from the city! So I'll keep you posted on what happens, but keep your fingers crossed for us!!

Fifth Anniversary

Alton and I made it to our five year anniversary yesterday! Yay! Hard to believe it's been that long already. We're going to celebrate tonight by going out for a peaceful, kidless dinner, and hopefully we'll get a weekend away next weekend. I think since we like Olive Garden so much that's where we will go.

My dad had his foot stitched up this morning and he should be coming home this afternoon. He'll be so happy to get home! He's been bored out of his mind in the hospital.

The man who lives behind us has a Lilac tree in his yard, and that one tree is smelling up our backyard so nice!! I love it! Last night I sat on our swing which is right in front of the tree and just soaked up all the scent! Then once it got dark I went a cut a few bunches and put them in the house, so now the whole house smells like lilac. Alton kept calling me the lilac steeler. I'm sure the man won't even notice. He don't ever do anything with it anyhow.

Dad's surgery

Yesterday my Dad had surgery on his heel and it went really good. They wanted to get all of the infection out of his bone so that it won't keep coming back every few weeks. The doctor said it wasn't as bad as he first thought, but there was definitely an infection there. So he had to stay in the hospital today and probably tomorrow. I guess he's got to learn to use crutches. That ought to be fun. Anyway, and least he's passed that now!