A mess and a sitter

Paige's new favorite thing to say is, "Mama, look!! Mess!!!!" No joke - it appears that we have been living with a bunch of messes and my little girl is picking up on it. She looks outside our patio door to a mound of dirt and yells, "Mess!" We have been anxiously waiting for our patio to be installed - two weeks of a dirt mound and it appears that our permit should finally be ready to go by the end of this week. (We are learning that the landscaping industry is very interesting) We're hopeful for no more mess and a patio for our family to enjoy by next week. We are so excited!!

Here's a picture of the mess outside:

And here's a picture of my mess in the garage. I made a "mom mistake" this week and rammed (not even backed) into my mom's car. She graciously came over to watch my kids for an hour so I could go run some errands. I must have been so excited for my free hour and completely forgot about the car packed directly behind mine. I honestly didn't know whether to laugh or cry.   Paige walked into the garage and of course commented with her, "Mama, mess!" quote....Augh!!!  I am very thankful that I was the only one involved in this fender bender and that the kids weren't in the car with me.  Thank goodness for my wonderful husband who made arrangements for me from a far to get it fixed.  

On a positive note, Will is growing up before our eyes. He is not officially crawling but has mastered the art of scooting across our entire floor. It's hilarious to watch him rock back and forth on his knees and then scoot, scoot, scoot. I am not sure what it is about our Ferwerda babies but they just want to move. Paige crawled at six months and it appears that Will is on the same track. Will is now sitting on his own and is loving it. Here's a picture of our proud little guy: