Late Update

This update is 2 months too late but I just barely got the pictures uploaded to my computer. Meet Maximus J Barainca. He was born August 18, 2009. My sister-in-law Shalene did AWESOME! It was 18 hours of labor (I think) and I have a new found respect for you mom's out there. I've always respected women for giving birth but actually being there for the whole thing was awesome. Now I can see why you're never the same after you give birth... those nurses are brutal. :) Isn't this kid SO cute? I' don't have any recent pictures but you can always check out Shalene's blog for super cute pics. It was pretty scary because when Max came out he was pretty blue. They laid him on Shalene then two seconds later they took him to the little table in the corner of the room and started bagging him (giving him extra oxygen). They didn't have to do CPR thank goodness but it took him a while to start crying. Once he did, we all cried with him. There was such a special spirit in the room and you could tell Shalene was POOPED. Now Max is 2 months old and we had his baby blessing this last Sunday. He is getting cuter and fatter by the day. I love being an aunt! Maybe I'll just be the cool aunt with dogs. Who needs kids right? We have enough kids in the family already. :) Enjoy the pictures! Hopefully I'll get more soon.

This is how Max came out... hand by the face!

He loves Daddy's finger

I can't get enough of this kid!

Help Wanted

I hate making decisions. I know it's shocking (not for people who know me). I have to make decisions all the time at work and because of that, I don't like having to make them more that I have to. It drives Brock crazy. So, the point of my story is... we just got the house and I am in desperate need of decorating help. I know what style I like the problem is I don't know how to get it. I would love some help so if anyone is willing to help an extremely indecisive person or knows someone who has a lot of patience and interior decorating skills... send them my way! Another issue is I'm limited in how much I can spend. So I have to do little things here and there. So again, I need someone with LOTS of patience and good taste. Just leave a comment if you or someone you know can help. Below is a sample of what I like.

Well said...

I just wanted to share this amazing woman's insight with all of you. She is such a strength to me and while I don't know her personally, I feel like I do through her blogging. She is amazing and I loved this post she wrote. Please check it out at http://dbkunz.blogspot.com/2009/09/god-does-give-us-more-than-we-can.html

Update

So I've been without Internet for awhile but now I have it. Just want to give a quick update since I have pictures but I'm not able to post them because we still don't have everything set up at our new house. That's right.... our new house!! Brock and I have officially moved into the house of our dreams. Ok maybe not the house of our dreams but we still love it. It was a fixer upper and boy have we been fixing! When I get pictures posted I'll give more details but let me just say we have learned a lot and have had tons of help. I can't thank my mother enough for all the hard work and help she put into our house. She was awesome and never once complained. Also, thanks to our friends TC & Melissa for your help and for the beautiful granite. We've had a lot of help on this house and we appreciate all of it! We still have a lot of work to do but it's getting there. Brock and I both started school so we're back to being busy again but we try to finish things here and there. And yes, you read that last sentence correctly. I'm going back to school for my Bachelor's degree! I figured if I don't do it now, I never will. Anyways, that's about all I have until I get some pictures posted. But to give you an idea of what our house looks like here you go. :)

(I wish!!)

Under Construction...

Yes, I am finally attempting to change my blog layout but I don't have time to finish so I promise it won't stay looking like this forever!