June 15th

Wednesday after I got home, Eddie and Vallerie were outside. Eddie was putting the final parts of the swing set on. It took him all day to finish. It was one of the longest days he was out working on it. He did end up finishing it, and it looks fantastic. We took some great pictures. Here's one of my favorites:

That is Vallerie looking out one of the holes at the top. She's so cute!

After Vallerie went to bed, Eddie finished up the swing set and I finished the cards I was making for my sister.

Thursday after I got home we went to the hospital to visit Eddie's sister before they went home with their new baby. We snapped some pictures, and there was actually a good one with me holding him! Vallerie was not happy that her daddy had another baby in his arms. (Might be a bad sign if we decide to have another kid) She was a little fussy, but settled down if we gave her Doritos. To her defense, it was rather late (6:30pm) when we got there, and she was probably tired and ready to eat dinner.

After we left the hospital, we got some dinner and went home. After Vallerie was tucked into bed, Eddie played some video games, and I started working on the picture DVD for my family. I got the first part sorted out (the build) but I have some wording I will need to change. I need to get my moms opinion on it. Next I am going to add in "Eddie's helpers"--mainly Vallerie. For the first part of the build, I left out pictures of Vallerie "helping". I thought it would be cute to add those in next. We have some great ones of her. After that part is done, I am going to do pictures of "fun" with Vallerie (and Eddie) playing on it. We have some good pictures of that already, but I am going to get more. I also need to get some music for each part. I know what I will be using for the "fun" part, but the other two I am totally stumped on. I would like to use something from a cd we own because I don't want to have to buy any songs online. (I will have to buy one for the fun part, Sunshine lollipops and rainbows) I would like the music to be something that my 92 yr. old grandpa would like.

The only thing I don't like about the Movie Maker program, is you can't change the color scheme on some of the effects, so you're stuck with a very limited amount to choose from. I can make it work though. It's actually a pretty cool program.

So, I messed around on that for a good 3 hours, and looked at the clock and decided it was time to go to bed (12:30am!).

I got a new project at work (data entry) so I am doing that today. I may head over to Walmart and pick up some paint color sheets. I think Eddie and I have decided to paint Vallerie's room with a pastel purple, and then put darker polka dots on it. Now we just have to agree on colors. Hopefully we can do that without getting angry LOL!

My mom will be here around 5pm today. Happy to have her visit, even if it's only for a few days. I think she will enjoy spending time with Vallerie. Even though she was just here a couple months ago, Vallerie has changed a bit since then. (saying more words, getting her own personality, etc) Her "new" thing is taking your hand or finger and dragging you around to wherever she wants to go. It's ok sometimes, but most of the time I really just want to sit in the spot where I am. She does not like it if you don't want to go with her.

So, before my mom gets here, I have to make a quick tidy of the house. Shouldn't take long, there's only a few things I need to do.