This is the LiFe

It's a gloomy Sunday morning and I thought I'd sit down and fill you in on all the Richardson news...I think it's been awhile.
Our beauman is already 8 1/2 months old! He's definitely been keeping chuck and i on our toes as we continue to learn more and more about parenthood! I'm sitting here thinking about all the happenings and all the things chuck and i have learned or experienced and i'm sure you can imagine...in the past 8 1/2 months chuck and i have changed oodles of diapers, given tons of baths, visited the doctors office plenty of times due to a 'cold', learned that after a long day at work all it takes is our little boy's smile and it makes it makes the day better, etc! Of course we love to watch Beau learn new things and see his facial expressions when he tries a new food, feels a new texture or hears a new sound. He really is forming his own personality more and more everyday!! AND he's becoming quite a big boy now...literally! He's wearing 12 months! He's not yet crawling (which is quite alright with me! It makes it a ton easier :0) but he gets into the crawling position then tumbles to his tummy. He's probably thinking "why crawl when I can roll everywhere!" LOL! He loves his dump truck and the sound of the air compressor...
Our basement is finally finished!!! I can't believe it's done! We just moved the TV and furniture to the basement this morning since the new upstairs carpet is coming Tuesday. Chuck's putting in the new bathroom floor tonight. We've worked up a little plan which some of you may have heard...we're going to list our house on the market. We're interviewing a few realtor's next week so we'll see what happens!
During the mist of all that we have going on, we've still found some time to get out and enjoy the summer! I've posted a smile box for you so you can have a peek! Thanks for checking in!

PS- Carol and I took 1st place for the largest northern at the Women on Water tourney! We won $430 and are going to get shirts made up for next year! LOL!

I've got 2 TeetH!

Saira and Beau

Great Gramma

Gramma's loving this!

My "hunny" Izzy

Uncle Billy Joe

"Nice Puppy."

New Cousins!!

Great Grampa Joe

Well, first off let me start out with this little quote I came across...

"Life is not orderly. No matter how we try to make it so, right in the middle of it we die, lose a leg, fall in love, drop a jar of applesauce." Natalie Goldberg

I woke up this morning to find that our little man got his 2nd tooth! I can't believe it! Beau's also been trying to crawl...if we put the remote in front of him he'll get one leg under him to start crawling but then goes to his tummy! That's not all he's been up to either...he now says, dada, mama, baba. He's been eating fresh mangos and all sorts of fruits and vegetables too! One of his favorites is avocados with bananas! This has also been quite the experience for Chuck and I too! Before Beauman we never bought mangos or even had a fresh avocado and now we are enjoying them ourselves! I've been busy making Beau's babyfood and freezing it, which has been a little more work but at the same time kinda fun and addicting!

Last week, Beau got to spend time with Great gramma and grampa joe. They drove here from new mexico to see all the family and made a special trip to our house to spend the day with us. We'll hopefully get to see them again in a few weeks at my parent's camper. We enjoyed our time together and beau loved all the snuggles and kisses he got too!

Our 4th of July consisted of camping with my side of the family, seeing Chuck's brother and his family from Missouri and a little trip out to the lake to have breakfast with all of chuck's cousins. It was a big weekend for us- beau got to see so many cousins! He even got to spend time with little Izzy! He even met cousins he'd never even seen before! Chuck's brother has 3 kids and they just swarmed around him when they saw him for the first time. On Saturday night we set off fireworks at Dan and Carol's...fun times!

As for the business, Chuck is definitely keeping busy! He's actually looking for some help. He has one employee but needs another. At the end of June he surpassed the amount of work he did last year and to think he still has 3 more months of good weather! Wow! We feel very fortunate and would like to thank those of you that have referred chuck. All it takes is one job and it's like a snowball effect! Even with all the business, chuck has been able to squeeze in a little fishing time and time for the garden :) I'm not sure if you know this about Chuck but he really enjoys gardening! He grows it and I can it :)

I've been keeping busy, well, makin baby food, strolling and swimmin with beau, reading, and this past week I started running- let's see how long this lasts! I'm really looking forward to this weekend because it's my annual "Women on Water" fishing tournament on Lake Winnie. GO team Richardson/Procopio!!! This is our 4th year doing it and Carol is my partner- we always have a blast doing this and it's something I look forward to every year!! Dan and Chuck usually hang out for the day while Carol and I are on the lake. Chuck and I also get a night out this weekend too! Yay!

Hope all is well and enjoy the weekend!!

Later gator!

What a great weekend!

We be 'strollin!'

Beau with his Adorable girlfriend Aella

He LOVEs his bathtime! He loves it so much I'm signing us up for Waterbabies at the Y!

Beau's lovin' his new swing! Thank you Daddy for setting it up!

We enjoyed our weekend so much but of course they always go by way too fast! Chuck was able to go fishing and I was able to hang out with some girlfriends. Yesterday Chuck caught a few northerns so he was pretty happy. He originally was going to work in the basement but I'm pretty sure he had fishin on his mind so he called up his buddy! I was happy he took a day to go fishing. He needed it! Friday night I went to a 'splurge' party with my friend Kami at Maurices. We did some damage there, but that was okay because we saved tons of money! I was pretty happy to walk out of there with a few new things without paying full price... guilt free shopping! On saturday Beau and I went to visit my friend Joni and Aella. Beau and Aella are only about 3 weeks apart so it's fun to see how much they've grown together. Plus Joni and I really enjoy our mommy time too! :) I got home and fried some fish up and then Chuck and I had a little bonfire once Beau went to bed...it was so relaxing!

Today Chuck set up Beau's new swing (Thanks Jilly! :)) and he loves it! He'd look around and giggle...of course the dogs were acting like apes. Chuck had to cut down some branches and our special dogs thought they had new chew toys. Trying to carry the tree branches across the yard...it was pretty funny to watch.

I added some new pics from the weekend...enjoy! Have a great week!

Chuck's Website

Chuck's been busy working on his website for the business...check it out!http://www.northwoodsconcreteandmasonry.com

Please keep him in mind for any concrete needs! If you know of anyone that is looking for a concrete man or needs work done, please refer and pass his info on! Thanks in advance!

If anyone is interested in learning how to create a website or is in need of one, give Chuck a call and he'll get you started!

All better!

I guess I'm on the 'monthly' updates now! LOL! Well, in a nutshell, we've had a 'few' things happenin' in the Richardson household! Beau was sick for the past 3 weeks! It all started with a little cold and a trip to the ER last weekend confirmed my intuitions that his cold had taken a turn for the worse- Bronchitis! It was pretty scary for us newbie parents! His temp reached 104.7 so we rushed him in and they did a chest xray and said it was bronchitis. They put him on Amoxicillian which kicked in about 3 days later. I'm just so happy it wasn't pneumonia! Poor little guy! Anyways, Beau is feeling much better as you can see from the picture above (taken yesterday). But now chuck is sick :( But I think he got the worst of it yesterday so hopefully today will be a better day for him.

We've done a few new things to the house- the curtains are officially gone and we got new blinds, which we LOVE! We just put those in a week ago....I should say chuck put those up :) Chuck also put in a new kitchen floor two weekends ago. He's such a sweetie...he surprised me with it after I was in the cities with Beau. I was pretty bummed out that Beau had gotten sicker than he already was while we were down there and had to cancel plans with my college girls which was the whole purpose of the trip...then I didn't feel well. Needless to say it was not the best weekend so coming home to that and knowing chuck was thinking of me was special.

I think we are finally seeing the light at the end of our biggest project...THE BASEMENT! The ceilings got sprayed on Friday so now all that needs to be done is paint, trim and then the new carpet! We are so looking forward to this project being done and having the extra space!! Although it is going to seem strange when it's completed...we've been working on it for over a year so when it's done, now what? RELAXATION IN THE BASEMENT! lol!

With the beautiful weather we had yesterday I was able to get outside and work in my flower garden and stain the cedar swing chuck got me for my birthday last year. I also did some baking and took the beaumister for a walk which he loved!

Enjoy your...month?! AND the summer weather!

By the way, HAPPY BIRTHDAY DAD AND HAPPY 30TH ANNIVERSARY MOM AND DAD! WOW, 30 YEARS! WE LOVE YOU! (June 2nd)

House UPdates!

This picture turned out dark, but chuck put in a new kitchen floor! He surprised me with it after a long weekend in the cities with a sick little one...what a hubby! :)

No more curtains :) They burn so nicely in the bonfire :) LOL!

Got PrOjEcTs??

Has it really been a month since I last wrote?

Beau started daycare last week at Vicki's and did very well! The first day he cried for about 10 minutes after I left which was to be expected but then he was fine...so we're all starting our new schedule. There are a couple of toddlers at Vicki's so I think Beau was pleasantly happy to see other little people there too! LOL!

The phone continues to ring for the business and chuck's getting the job's lined up- we are very happy at how fast the jobs are coming! Bring 'em on baby! At this rate, chuck and Eric will probably have to hire temp help! He's in the process of building a website for the company and it's so incredible! I'm so proud of him! He's really put a lot of thought and work into the site with pictures and different descriptions of services. As soon as he's finished with it, we'll be forwarding it to you all!

As you can tell by the picture, we've got the projects going in our house as well! Springtime comes and once again the projects start! On Friday we made a trip to menards and bought out the store it seems like! I love it though when people don't do their job correctly and I can reep the benefits of it! haha! We got a steal of a deal on the carpet because they neglected to switch out the sale price sign from April 10th! So our projects for the next month are recarpeting the upstairs, finishing the basement, replacing the kitchen floor and the bathroom floor...needless to say we definitely have our work cut out for us! So this weekend I painted the upstairs living room and kitchen. It's now 'sweetcorn' (light golden color). I was a little unsure of the color at first, but like it now. We thought since we're getting new carpet installed, we'd put a fresh coat of paint on. I worked on that while Chuck finished up the taping in the basement. Taping is complete and now it just needs to be sanded. Since I repainted, the curtains came down!! Praise the Lord! I never thought the day would come! Although they have served their purpose for the last 4 years and have grown on me, but I was happy to see them go! I've wanted them gone since we first moved into this house, but found better things to spend $$ on other than window treatments! They are expensive!

Hope all is well with you! I'm off to spend a little time with the boys and some of the sunshine! Have a great week!