Getting the house ready to sell

For the past week, Jared and I have been prepping our house to put it up for sale. We have been finishing projects around the house that have been put off for 4 years, and in just a couple of days, Jared has completed them. I'm really excited with the way the house looks, but I'm very frustrated at the same time. It seems as though we have kept putting these projects off for years, and now that they are completed, we won't even get a chance to enjoy them. However, Jared and I think that there is NO WAY that our house will sell, since the market is so bad, but we thought we would try just in case. I don't want to get my hopes up!
This weekend we turned our AC on. This is a monumental moment for our family, seeing as Jared has been putting this off for months, even though we have had a couple of days in the high 90's and I have been complaining for the last month! Summer has officially begun in Arizona!

Brent's unique vocabulary

Brent had his 2 year appointment last week, and he is still in the 75th percentile in height. I announce this because of the great importance Brent's height plays in our family. Jared is convinced that Brent will be forever a "scrawny" midget. I keep on telling him that he should have married someone that wasn't average height for a woman. Anyways, the funny story of the week is that Brent loves helicopters, and he kind of likes the doctor. So,when we ask him to say helicopter, he says "ta-ta's" and when we ask him to say doctors, he says "ta-ta's. Jared and I find it so hilarious how he interprets certain words. Our very favorite word is squishy. When we ask Brent to say squishy, he says, "seecume". What? Where does he get that? I can understand ta-ta's, but seecume? We are enjoying listening to Brent's growing vocabulary, and can't wait to have a full conversation with him.

I'm a new blogger

So, I'm hoping to be cool like all my old roomies and start a blog. Today Jared and I have been working on chores around the house, and chores that have to do with the outside, because it is the last of the coolness before the hellish heat of Arizona comes. It gets so hot, that you have to wake up at 5am in the morning just to mow the lawn, if you even have lawn after the sun scorches it. Brent is attatched to his daddy more than ever, and hates it whe he can't be right near Jared when he is trying to work on projects around the house. Brent and Jared are best friends, however I think Brent's affections are much more strong than Jared's.
The other day, Jared and Brent found a snake in the backyard. It was a small narrow snake, and Brent enjoyed holding it. But, I don't think he quite knew what it was because as he was holding it, he became very rough with it, and was whipping it all around like a wet noodle. It was a funny moment, and Jared was a proud dad.