Spring....please come soon!

Seriously....that about sums up things around here lately. Life is fairly boring, aside from the burst pipe in the basement, the 3 year old that draws with markers on people's clothing and the wall, and the little boy that now gets into everything! Once again it has been forever since I've posted. 2 1/2 weeks ago I heard a loud boom in the basement and shortly there after found water seeping into the basement bedroom. I frantically tried to call Ryan and 10 minutes later got the water shut off. A pipe to an outside spicket had burst and in a short amount of time ruined the carpet in the bedroom and hallway. The carpet has now been ripped out and the pipe has been repaired. Now we're waiting for someone to come fix the drywall, paint, and replace the carpet. I am starting to get impatient. It's too cold to send the kids outside and now I can't send them downstairs. Our fairly large house is now seeming terribly small!
Reagan has been trying my nerves quite a bit lately. She seems to think it's funny to write on people with markers and is anti-nap, which makes the 5:00 hour even worse than normal. She is quite the character though. We have a water tower right by our house that the kids always look for. Today she replied that there should be an "r" written on the side of it. I was confused about why that would be and tried to explain to her that there is no letter "r" in West Des Moines. She then stated that there should be one, because it is Our (r) water tower. On Monday on our car ride, she told me she is going to be a mommy when she grows up. She then decided that that would not work because I am the mommy and we don't want two. She told me that she would be a daddy then. I said that only boys are daddy's, so she decided that she would switch heads with little Abbey's daddy, Barry, and he could have her head. Slightly odd...but how she comes up with those things, I don't know. It made me chuckle though.
Drew is all over the place. If anything is on the floor, it's fair game. I've been warning the older two kids for months, but I think they finally are getting what I'm talking about. One of his favorite things to get into is the container of diapers I have downstairs. I keep moving him away, but there's something about them he can't resist. Now if he could only change himself, I would be all set! I took Lauren into the pediatrician on Friday to make sure she isn't having any trouble with her muscles. She still isn't sitting up on her own or rolling over anymore, and the doctor thought it would be a good idea for her to come in. We were going there anyway for their flu shots, so I didn't have to make a special trip. He says she looks fine though and is just a stinker...but a cute one.:) We'll just keep working with her. Luke is doing great at school. It's his 5th birthday next week, which he is super excited about. We also get to sign him up for kindergarten soon, which I can hardly believe! Our little boy is definitely growing up, but we're having a great time with him.
I just thought I'd fill you in on what's been going on here. I don't have any new pictures to post, because I can't get them off the camera. I'll post some as soon as things are back in order here. Keep warm!