Raow!

The Big 3-0!

Yep it has come and gone and I am still here. :) Yesterday was my 30th birthday. I woke up this morning like a train had hit me. I didn't feel like this because of something I did yesterday, I guess it just comes with the number. Or maybe it had something to do with me hauling my chunky monk several blocks to the football game on Saturday. Anyway, a heating pad does wonders.

Updates on everything:

We are in the new house and it is AWESOME! We have already seen 2 sets of deer right outside our window. Both sets had a few doe and a few fawns. Petey of course scared them away. Speaking of Petey, he sits and stares out the windows with a big smile on his face. He is one happy dog. The coolest thing about the new house is the whole back wall is lined with large windows that make you feel like you are outside. There are no window coverings but I love it! Boxes are still everywhere but with time, things will find a place. Also, we currently have 2 rooms that visitors can sleep in (hint, hint), come visit!

Luke is 9.5 months old now. He weighs a ton! His smile melts my heart. I tell him all the time how handsome he is and Don pipes up "Why, thank you" :). I guess he did get his looks from Don because he looks just like him. It is ridiculous! Both kids look like Don. I guess I am just a xerox copy machine. Luke has 8 front teeth and I noticed today that several teeth on the bottom back are coming in. Maybe that is why he has been waking up multiple times in the middle of the night. Don't get me started on that. I am taking him to doc tomorrow for check-up. I will report back on stats. I am sure the doc will get onto me for him still waking up in middle of night.

Okay, that is all for now. I will try to update more often. I am excited about my new town!

Our New House

SOLD!

House sold last Tuesday. We actually were fortunate to receive 2 offers last weekend. This was after 9 days of no showings. We close August 31st and have 7 days to get out. We are in the process of negotiations on a house in T-town. I am worn out from all this house stuff! Sad to being leaving Birmingham but ready to be settled in a town we should be in for a while. As soon as we know which house we are getting, I will post a picture. :)

Life

Today my cousin's life was cut way too short. They are so many things I wish I had said to her. Don't ever think you will have another day with your loved ones. Please keep my aunt and cousin (Adrienne's twin sister) in your prayers as they grieve during this very difficult time.

RIP Adrienne Theoret - 3/17/89-7/21/11

This was the last time I saw her, 6/17/11.

There are not WORDS to describe...

HER!

My little Kate is quite the big girl these days. We have decided we are no longer a baby and we will not drag this out any longer, we wear BIG GIRL PANTIES. And she has done great. However I am going to mall today and slightly nervous about that public potty.

New Kate-isms -

- If she wants to do anything and I am not letting her - "Let me do, I BIG GIRL"

- Very dramatic (imagine that)! Anytime she is having to tell us what happened, her eyes about pop out of her head and her hands are going crazy.

- Kate has been saying "Polkadot my shirt" - So Don and I will say it back and she is ready to start an argument saying it back louder. So funny, considering we just recently learned that she is just referring to her baby blue polkadot shirt.

- Kate has been nursing her babies and using the pump. She smiles big when I look her way. Oh dear!

- Kate is also gearing up for all the birthday months ahead. So she practices singing to Petey, then me, then herself, then Luke and Daddy. Because that is the order! Don said he thinks she inherited our voices (meaning BAD and that she needs to lip sing). I am like I am not sure you can tell that at age 2. :) Odds are however in her favor.

- She is very sweet. If she really wants any type of food, she makes sure she gets some and then wants to make sure someone else gets some too.

- She is still a little jokester with her daddy, still telling him that she is not daddy's girl she is PAW PAW's girl and then running. Oh did I mention that she now calls him Daddy Don. Forget daddy, we need to make sure everyone knows which daddy she is referring to (like she has multiple daddies).

- She has one music c.d. in the car and there are only 2 songs of 32 that she wants to listen to over and over and over again. Kate is like her mama, if she likes something she wants to wear it into the ground. The first song is the ABC song where the "Little People" are singing it. The other song is what the "B" or "bee" song, about a little bumblebee. Thanks to the ABC song Kate is close to knowing them. She also has a new interest for numbers thanks to this little annoying lily frog doll we have. She is a sponge these days.

- Mamey taught Kate a little game on the way to church 2 Sundays ago. If Kate saw a red light, she screamed "STOP" and when she sees green she yells "GO". She loves it however it is just making her more bossy. Thanks Mame!

Offer Rescinded

Well, people have a right to change their mind. And the people that gave us a contract decided last Friday that they really needed a finished basement. This was after we countered their offer and they countered again and we accepted Wednesday night. We had the contract in the mailbox for our realtor to pick up Thursday morning. We learned late Friday night that they changed their mind. It was quite the rollercoaster week. Thankfully we are not upside down in our house. We don't have to sell. We have looked at houses 3 times since receiving that offer. I am in love with a subdivision and there is a house in that subdivision that we could get that is not even on the market yet BUT and a big BUT, it has a pool. Yikes! So unless we found some unbelievable pool cover or could build a deck over it, that house isn't happening. We found another that is really nice but currently about $60,000 overpriced. :) So we will keep looking until our house sells. The joys of house selling...