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busy, busy, busy

Needless to say, this week is not a big picture week for me/us.  Sorry about that.  Things got busy, life happened and I forgot to follow the photo challenge.  Sorry, folks!

But I'll give you a quick update about life here.  Z is really taking off with her walking.  Today I think she walked more than crawled!  She's getting really good at it!  It's fun to watch.  She's been a bit clingy this week and I've used our new baby carrier a few times this week, so I could cook/bake and not have her whining by my feet.  Not sure what's been going on there with wanting to be held so much.  She's been super snuggly, too.  It's really sweet!  She comes over and gives hugs.  Love my snuggle bug!

Hubby has been trying to figure things out for the house and get our plans turned in again, since the last one was denied and sent back with a lovely list of things to fix/change/add, etc.  Tomorrow the first part needs to be handed back in.  We'll see what they say.  Poor guy, he's been working so hard on it all ... need to do something special for him ...

I've tutored twice this week, worked out once, meet up with a couple of different people here and there, baked a cake, cookies, made spinach lasagna and chili, did laundry, had Bible study, met up with the mom's group from church ... yea, we've been a bit buys this week!

So forgive the lack of pictures ... check my little ones on the right hand side to see what's been going on! :)

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