The wacky world of the Klauer Klan!

Wow. Our world seems to have slowed down from the construction craze. We have our downstairs livable.. There is still lots to do. Like Trim, getting the bathroom hooked up.. That is a big one. and getting the rest of the outlets and lights and smoke detectors hooked up and the cable hooked up and of course we need to call in the inspectors to give it the final go! Which when that is done it will be great. Then we will just be needing to pay off all our construction stuff. So in a sense the world has slowed down but at the same time tomorrow our new little baby Adam will be 2 weeks old and going in for his 2 week weigh in. He is such an amazing baby. He is so sweet and cuddly like all babies and he does do pretty well for sleeping. He wakes up at 8:30-10p usually and then the rest of the night till 6 is usually just up long enough to tell me he is hungry. So quick diaper change and feeding and he is back out. Very nice. Of course the interruption in sleep makes me feel not so rested but right now I have my best friend to lean on. Not sure what it will be like once he goes back to work full time.. AAAHHHH sorta scared there. Nick has been great helping take my brother to and from school and helping me entertain the kids while I nurse. We will see how the schedule goes come November 9th when he is no longer home during the day. By then Adam will be almost a month old. And I will have to get back into our fun schedule of shopping days, Princeton club days and Play and Learn days. Busy Busy Busy. Well we have our plans set up for Halloween dinner with Becky, Chris and family. And then of course Trick or Treating.. I can't wait to see the boys all dressed up as Fire Chiefs.. Gonna be cute. So our world is just passing day by day and just sitting here with Nick all day and the boys enjoying being home with family. Life is great.



Playing out in the Leaves.



So sweet



Isaac showing Adam all about toys.



Noah who is alway lurking close by to his little brother. Such a great big brother already



The fun balloon bounce Marathon. 2 balloons hours of fun. To all parents keep a bag of balloons all the time in the house.. Great entertainment.



Adam sleeping away while I work on the blog.. lol Check out the beautiful blue crocheted blanket his Great Oma made.. BEAUTIFUL

Well Finally able to just sit a minute and update my blog.. Not sure when the next time will be I am completely exhausted. Baby Adam Michael Klauer made his appearance at 12:07p. After a brief labor and pushing. We started to push at 12:01 and 6 min later he was here. I got an epidural this time. And Honestly I enjoyed it.. I felt more coherent for the birth.. With Isaac and Noah I just remember a ton of pain and mostly looking at the back of my eyelids but with Adam I really have a lot of details to remember. Before he was born I was pretty sure he would be my last but I had always said I wanted 4 children.. We will see what the future holds. But for now I am enjoying cuddling our new baby. Isaac is taking to him pretty good. He always asks where Baby Adam is if he goes to far out of Isaac's sight. Noah loves to look at him but is still in the checking him out stage.

Well here are his stats. Adam Michael Born 10-14-2009 7lbs 15oz and 20inches.

Today all of my husbands family came up to visit with Adam and us it was great to have a house full of people we love. Isaac wasn't feeling 100% but Noah and Troy played while we all socialized and passed around Adam and Rylee to cuddle on. Here are some photos I am off to cuddle Adam and see about a few Zzzzs.



Nick loves taking these funky photos of me after the boys are born



Big Yawn.



Yes he has a ton of Blonde hair.. Blond haired babies are rare they usually come out bald.. But not our babies.. lol.



Daddy Cuddling with Adam

What a busy week. We were couped in all week due to the Carpeting Extravaganza. Monday my brother and I wired up all the switches and outlets for the 2 bedrooms and storage good thing too it has been awfully dark and dreary out this week. So our basement is completely carpeted. Our master bedroom is painted a pretty Peach Beach color and my brother's room/guest room is a nice Lilac Vapor color. We haven't gotten around to painting the play area and hall. Friday we got most of the doors hung. We still have 3 doors to hang and all the hardware to put on still. But the basement is really coming nicely.



The lilac Vapor room



Our Peach Beach Master bedroom.



The Carpeted play area



Wall of bifolds. And tons of stuff from the storage I am cleaning out.


Today has been a great family fun day. We went to Schuester's Farm and picked out 2 little pumpkins and played in the barn and petted the animals. It was super cold. Around 38 but felt more like 25 with the wind chill and we were out to get to see the snow flurries. Well I really need to get downstairs and finish cleaning out that storage unit so we can repack it and have more play room area again. Enjoy the photos.



Isaac in the corn box.. Like a sand box but full of corn.



Noah Driving the wooden truck.



Peek a boo



Had to warm up some in the store. Got some yummy cookies.



Our Freezing family on the hayride tractor to go out and pick our pumpkins.



Photo op pumpkin stand in.. We got little ones..

Well Friday was the last day of our Drywalling Extravaganza. The basement is drywalled and textured. Monday and Wed Nick and my brother are going to paint the rooms and Tuesday and Thursday we have Carpet going in... We have to do these in phases too because of all the stuff down stairs. I really can't wait to go through all that stuff and JUNK, DONATE, or SELL.. I have a guy coming today interested in our Remnant hopefully he will buy it and take it with him without messing up my beautiful new walls. Like I told his wife I hope he brings someone to help him because I really prefer not to be helping carry this massive remnant. Though it is in 2 pieces it once was 30x12 feet. So that is 360 sq feet I do not want to help carry. And once he has come and gone Noah and I are heading out to Babies R Us to exchange our gate panel AGAIN!! these boys are terribly ruff. I can't wait till the basement is not a construction zone and can open the gate and let them go freely up and down the stairs. I will just have to put it back up once Adam is mobile.

Well it is just Noah and I this weekend. Nick is off to Drill and Isaac is visiting my mom. So we are having a pretty laid back weekend. Which feels so unfamiliar and weird due to the amount of crazy our world has been in. We are getting closer to the basement being done. And definitely closer to me having Adam. So things are sorta just coming to a head right now. We still have a lot to do to prepare. We are going to move our room to the basement probably Thursday Night I am hoping and then can paint and set up Adam's room upstairs in the room we are currently occupying. Along with digging out the bassinet and his clothes and all the other fun stuff. It is going to be a busy week for all of us.

Not much else going on other than I have been scouring Ebay for halloween costumes for the boys and if I get all the ones I have bids on for the bid I have them I will have 3 adorable Firemen for Halloween for the grand total of $27.50 this total includes shipping prices.. GO ME! Well Enjoy the finished drywall photos. and have a great weekend.



Going down the stairs.. Soon it will have awesome carpet.



Our guest room/my brothers room.



Our new master bedroom and closet.



And currently our playroom that is doubling as my brothers room/storage right now.. and yes that is the huge remnant that the guy is going to pick up today hopefully. woo hoo one more thing out of our crowded house.