What do you do on Saturday Nights?

So last night we did a tissue testing. William is on his 3rd cold this season and I feel so bad rubbing his nose raw with tissues. So I bought 4 kinds of tissues that promised to be the SOFTEST there is!!! The 4 I found were Kleenex Ultra Soft, Puffs Ultra Soft and Strong, Puffs Plus Lotion, and Kleenex Cool Touch. Isaac had me leave the room and he set out each tissue with a note under which he wrote the name of each tissue. I then tried each one and decided on the one I liked best. I also rearranged the notes and tissues and Isaac tried each one. Here were our findings:

Kleenex Ultra Soft - This brand is SUPER strong! Isaac pulled them all apart and this one almost didn't tear!
Puffs Ultra Strong and Soft - This was Isaac's least favorite and I thought it felt similar to the 1st one (sort of lotiony and ok-ish)
Kleenex Cool Touch - This was the 2nd strongest and fulfills its promise to cool your skin on first contact.
Puffs Plus Lotion - This one was my least favorite and we have no comments on it.

AND THE WINNER IS ............. KLEENEX Cool Touch!!! Isaac and I agreed on this one hands down. :)

Next week we will be racing marshmallows across the floor with our breath :) Stay tuned! LOL

The Last Month or So ...

I'm very sorry that I haven't written in a month or more. If you took a look at my house, you would know why. Most of our house is in boxes. We shuffle to get anywhere in each room. Toys and food are everywhere because William is eating us out of house and home and he refuses to be away from me every waking moment. I realized the other day that I am "that" mom. You know ... the one who lives in chaos, hair in a messy ponytail, baby food stains on her pants, baby snot on her shirt, tripping on toys, just trying to manage each day, but at night when her baby lays on her for 5 seconds before bedtime she thinks it is all worth it and only wants to talk about her precious little boy. :) Yep, I'm living right there.

Just to update you all. We are currently unemployed. Isaac has been on Terminal Leave for 2 weeks and has been home and looking for jobs. We thought we had the perfect one lined up (and it still might come through) but then the sequester happened and now we are back to hunting again. Everyone in our church keeps asking us why we are still here. Apparently, they announced that we were moving to Maryland 2 weeks ago. I'm so tired of telling people what kind of silly predicament we are in currently. :)

I barely get to use this computer these days. Between Isaac being home all the time and William going though a terribly clingy stage (he only wants me), I feel like I'm not really myself and all my regular habits are no where to be found. Surprisingly, I've been ok with all of the chaos. I thought I would be a mess emotionally, but Isaac and I have a lot of time to talk about stuff, we communicate when we each need space from each other, and Isaac has the energy to really help me with William and give me a break from him. I'm not saying I like unemployment, but we are managing.

Our prayers right now are that we can make good choices about which job to accept and which ones to refuse. And also that our friends and family will understand if we have to take a job far from them.

Here are some pics taken in the last month or so ...

Isaac's last day in his uniform!!!

 Playing with a Froggie

William holding his own bottle 

 We took a road trip lately and William discovered that we were just behind him in the car. So he spent most of his time trying to twist around and find us. It was a lot of fun! :)

Trying to reach the camera

Look at those precious eyes

 BATH TIME!!!!

Eating Spaghetti and Meatballs for the first time :)

We are trying to get him to stand up with help :) It doesn't work for very long, but we caught a funny shot of his face one time.

Play Date

This post is for Nora's mommy. I watched Jenny's kids the other week and had fun taking pics of our babies together. They were born 2 weeks apart from each other. Jenny and I were pregnant buddies and now we exchange advice on what we are learning with our little guys. :)

I LOVE this face!!!