The Daily Hailey

I am extra fortunate to get to spend time with my mom more often than many. I know this. Yet sometimes I just ache to sit and spend time chatting with my mom. I miss her, even though I see her often. Just making up for lost time when we lived in Radisson 😉

She offered to come over this morning so I could take Dekker to school and then Laela to school without having to bring everyone with me. We visited and caught up during the hours of preschool, and then she hung out with the little boys again while I picked Laela up. It’s always so nice to have some help, though I can swing it all if need be, but the treat was just to have my mom around <3

During our chat, we covered kids, Christmas, plans for the week, etc. Its not as easy to talk when there are two needy little dudes roaming around, though, haha! Rowan wanted Grandma to read him every book we own (exaggeration, but still) and Solly was working on a poop that he just couldn’t get and therefore went back and forth from crying to snuggling and back to crying. The snuggles couldn’t be beat. Its like he knows I need to be cuddling a baby, so he’s staying a baby for a bit longer. Which I appreciate. Thank you, son.

I’m so happy we’ll get to spend yet another day together this week!! The kids and I are going to her house on Thursday and Brady is going to spend that day at our house, working on the basement framing! I’m SO excited that we’ll get a bit more done on the house, and I know Brady feels the same. The only flaw in the plan was that we need the tub down there!! We’re having friends over for brunch and Saturday and had hoped to rope one of them in to helping Brady get it down the stairs, but ideally it would already be in the basement before Thursday. Sooooo if anyone with BIG muscles wants to come carry a bathtub downstairs with my husband tonight or tomorrow, please let me know, haha! It needs two big muscly guys, or three pretty muscly guys. Brady is pretty dang muscly but cannot lift a tub/shower combo on his own. At least he’s a start!

I’m so excited for any and all of the work to begin!! I had so hoped to have our basement done before the end of the year, but I’m letting that dream go for now. It will get done as soon as it can.

Until then, I’ll continue puttering away at the small things I can control, and organizing the more reasonable areas of the house. Our kids toothbrush drawer won’t even know what hit it! Boom!