Andrew's 2nd Birthday

Today was a trio of events - we went to church, back to Mom and Alan's house for Andrew's birthday party, and then back to church again for our final Financial Peace University class.  

I thought Grammy would have appreciated that the war in Iraq was finished on Grammy and Papa's anniversary.

We didn't have candles...so we put two matches in Andrew's cake.  Kris was an awesome Dad and spent the weekend teaching Andrew how to blow out his lighter so he would be able to do it by himself for his birthday cake - success!

Andrew making faces while awaiting his birthday cake!

"C'monnnnn, I'm two and I blew out my candles... cake, please?"

Om nommm

Emma, Andrew, Dad and Eric

Sean, Deb, and Mom

Me, Alan, and Kris

Mmmm, sugar!

Andrew, Ashley, Kris, and Dad opening presents

Me and Squish sitting on Chaos

Family Weekend

We had a long and busy weekend, and got to see a lot of family!  Friday was Alan's birthday dinner at his favorite Chinese food restaurant.  Then on Saturday I went out with Alison and her roommate to do some shopping.  I went to my first "diaper swap" at the Happybottomus cloth diaper store, where I bought my first cloth diaper!!!

Saturday night was a dance party at Brian and Jen's house.  There wasn't an overwhelming amount of dancing, but there was a ton of humorous conversations and some new dance moves were invented.  Namely, Eric's mad hip swing, haha!

Eric and I led our first Financial Peace University class.  Only one couple showed up, but there were two others who registered online and didn't show up.  So we'll see if they come to the next class.  Then we ran to Papa's house for his housewarming party.  Molly, Eric, Papa and I spent the afternoon cleaning and decorating and cooking at his place.  Then Mom brought baked beans and Sean and Deb brought desserts.  Everyone hung out and watched all of the little kids play.  Mom took portrait photos of the little ones, and we were all happy to see Molly.

The end to our weekend was an awesome Monday.  Eric and I went in for our first ultrasound, and got to see our little babe and his/her heart beating away.  Then we went to see "I Don't Know How She Does It" in the AMC Cinema Suites.  Screechy leather chairs, delicious food, and a crappy milkshake, haha!

Molly and the boys joined me at work for lunch.  This is Cash stuffing his face with broccoli!

Alan, Mom, and Papa - all thrilled to be at dinner!

Eric, Emma, Deb, and Sean - also super excited!

Cade, Matt, and Molly - interested in dinner!

Cash, Declan, Connor, Zayne, and Chase - the boys really enjoyed hanging out!

Me and Eric, yay!

My first cloth diaper!

Our setup at St. Thomas for Financial Peace University.

Declan trying to fall asleep in the bath with Cash.

Our little baby at 9 weeks 3 days.

Me and Molly after the movie.

Molly chatting with the babe!

Day 251: No More Credit Cards!

Today we received our federal tax refund!  We use that money, and liquidated half our our planned expenses account, to pay off Eric's credit card!  We stopped using credit cards in November of 2009, started Dave Ramsey's Financial Peace University in February of 2010, and have since paid off over $20,000 of debt!  Now we've just got Eric's car to pay off, and then all that will be left is my student loans!

That red line has made it past my knee! (Or past our shoulders if we're sitting down by it!)

Day 208: FPU Round 3

That's right, we're at it again. I've gone back to having Thursdays off for class during the upcoming semester, so I was there when Jess got home from work. We still had Andrew's car seat in her car, and he returns to the Wenberg household on Thursday's, so we took the opportunity to take it back out to Olathe and spend some time with family.  Of course we were prompted by Becky telling us that he is still sick and they need the carseat ASAP in case he needs to go to the doctor again.  As it happens, another Financial Peace University class was starting that night, with Ashley, Papa, and Kris all attending. We decided to tag along to see how they liked it and because Jess may end up going weekly since I'll be out there for class anyway. Anything "Dave Ramsey" has pretty much become her hobby. They all seemed to really enjoy the first class and the interaction with other people in the same boat. After FPU, we started heading home, but since it was Thursday we had one more stop to make. Boneless Thursday at Buffalo Wild Wings, where we got teriyaki, honey barbecue, and Caribbean jerk wings.

Alan was "cleaning up the trash" in the living room and decided to take Ashley with him.

Delicious, as always!