House for SaLE!

Another busy few weeks at the Richardson Roost! Beau is crawling now! AND standing up on his own. It's like he knows what he's not suppose to get into because he'll giggle when he's by something that we've already moved him from- it's a game to him. So, now that he's crawling, we're busy following him around. Since the basement is finished and all the furniture is downstairs, other than 1 couch, the upstairs living room is wide open and makes a perfect play area for Beau. It's all childproof- no cords, plants, etc.

We got Beau's 9mth pictures taken yesterday at Joni's. Beau got a little crabby and was tired so we'll have to go back for take 2. We got a few tho and JOni and I were able to catch up a little which was nice.

The house is officially up FOR SALE! Keep your fingers and toes crossed! It'll be up for sale until the end of December so we are really hoping we get a bite on it. All it takes is the right buyer to come along. We have a little plan worked up and we need the house to sell before we can move forward on anything! Now that all the house projects are done, Chuck and I have just been enjoying our weekends and weeknights. No more working on the house! Yay!

In his free time, chuck's been busy shooting his bow, playing farmer chuck over at his grandma's land, etc I recently started a bookclub in the Grand Rapids area and our first meeting will be in October. I've also been keeping up with my online bookclub that I have with some family and have also squeezed in sometime to scrap! Last weekend I scrapped 8 pages after Beau went to bed!

Anyways, I hope you all enjoy the weekend and the labor day weekend! We're off to the cities for the holiday weekend! Thanks for checking in!

No More Projects!!!

Well, we're done!! We have finished our list of "to do's!"

• Thank God the Basement is done! That's all I have to say about that! I think chuck would agree...It was a lot of work for Chuck, but he did it! We love the new space and hang out in the basement most nights. Thanks babe- xoxo
• New flooring- living room carpet, kitchen floor, bathroom floor, bedrooms, entry way, laundry closet.
• New driveway
• New multch
• Rocks for egress wells
• Shelving in the laundry room

So does anyone want to buy a house?? We've had 2 realtors out this past week to interview them and find out what they think. We're thinking by the end of next week our house will be listed :) We are plenty excited about that!!

I've posted some pictures for you...enjoy!

House UPdates!!

Make a Smilebox slideshow

Summer Fun!

Make a Smilebox slideshow

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!