New Home

A quick post to let you know that we did find a place. We are super excited about it and feel like it will be a great fit for our family. It's a little smaller than our current house, but there's a park literally right out our back door. And there's a fenced in backyard and a usable basement.

New address: 6613 Murray (same city and zip)

Yep... we are sticking in the same town. So, P and I have been married for 7 1/2 years, lived in 3 places, all within a mile of each other! God sure has a sense of humor!

We start moving our stuff into the new place this coming Friday and then close on our house the following week (Aug. 7th).

I've got to get dinner started. I'll type some more updates later.

One long day

We've had some very busy days lately, so I decided to let yesterday be a day of resting at home. My plan was for both boys to get good naps on their regular schedules in hopes that we can get back to some kind of routine. What's the saying about the best laid plans?

A woke up yesterday morning calling for me (this is normal). I went to his room and told him he could get up and we'd read books together (also normal). He stood up to come with me and his legs buckled completely underneath him sending him tumbling to the ground (this is not normal). He tried again and ended up on the ground again saying, "I can't walk, mommy!" I figured he slept on his leg funny, so I carried him to the couch and read some books. About 5 or 10 min. later, he stood up to pick out some new books, and his leg completely buckled underneath him sending him to the ground. He spent the morning crawling around, unable to put any pressure on his leg.

We went to check out a new place to live at 9:45, then straight to the doctor at 10:45. She sent us to Children's hospital for some tests. Poor A had to get some blood drawn and an xray of his leg. He was such a trooper, especially since we had to wait over an hour and a half just to get in to get his blood tested. He wasn't a huge fan of the needle, but I the Dora sticker afterwards cancelled out the pain a little bit. We didn't get home until after 2:30 (A's nap usually starts at 1:00).

Not the day I had planned at all, but both boys were such troopers. A is feeling better today, but not back to his normal 2 1/2 year old boy self. All of the tests have come back negative, so we are guessing he just pulled a muscle in his leg and it had stiffened overnight making it harder to walk in the morning. Though he is still babying his leg a little, he can walk today and has even attempted to run and jump a little. I'm hoping the dreary weather and constant rain will keep both boys asleep a little longer today to make up for the missed naps yesterday.

Two stories

Two stories from today:

1- We went to a birthday party for a neighbor boy who turned 3 last Friday.  A was so excited.  We made a card, and he got to wake up early from his nap to go to the party.  We were there for maybe 10/15 minutes when a lady started doing face painting.  The birthday boy got a blue batman logo painted across his entire face, like a mask.  As soon as A saw this, he jumped into my arms and buried his head in my shoulder shaking with fear.  We ended up leaving the party because he was petrified.  The rest of the night he kept crying because he wanted to go back to Owen's party, but if I offered to take him back over, he started shaking with fear again.  Even as he was falling asleep tonight he kept saying, "No like Owen with blue paint on his face."  I am interested to see if he wakes up with nightmares tonight.

2- The boys are now sharing a room.  A's bed is on the floor since he still tends to fall off every now and then.  Today, I was laying next to him for a little while before he fell asleep.  C was in his crib right above us.  I thought he was just rolling around in his sleep, but when I looked up, his little smiley face was looking over the edge of the bumpers looking down on me and his brother.  It was too cute!  Hopefully the image of his baby brother's smiley face will replace the image of Owen's blue face.

Four days later...

Was it only Tuesday I posted?! It feels like a lifetime ago. Here's the quick updates:

-We are under contract again. Same couple, but this time they were a little more willing to compromise.  We were quickly able to come to an agreement, so we close on August 7th.  

-No... we still don't know where we are going.  We are looking to rent in the nearby area.  There are a LOT of places for rent, but not a lot that fit our needs.  Part of me is so worried about the details, sad to leave a home and neighbors that we love and overwhelmed by this whole situation.  But the other part of me is excited for this next step.  I am currently reading this book and the chapter I read last night was ironically called, "A House is not a Home."  And, it's true.  All I need are my hubby and my boys, and the rest is just details.  

-So, I'm off to pack some boxes and search online for a place to live.  

Two cute pics

Baby C has acid reflux.  We recently tried to wean him off his meds, which was pretty unsuccessful.  He would scream when he laid down, so I tried to get him to sleep in his swing.  This is how I found him when I went in to check on him.  At least P was smart enough to take a pic before we moved him into a more comfortable position!

And here is an adorable pic of A with our 3 next door neighbors.  He will be so sad whenever we end up moving and he no longer has these three next door.  

Back to the Beginning

Today, we ended our contract on our house. The buyers have been frustrating since the beginning of this process, and we couldn't come to an agreement on the items that needed to be fixed on our house before closing. We feel our house is in very good condition, but we were willing to fix several things for them to help make the sale smooth. However, they wanted us to fix over five thousand dollars worth of items that (in our eyes) were not essential. Needless to say, there was no middle ground to be found.

Though it's frustrating to be back to holding open houses and keeping the house ready for showings, we are confident that this was the right move. A HUGE thanks to Uncle and Aunt YaYa for watching the kiddos today while we raced around the house getting it ready for an open house tomorrow. It would not have been possible without their help, and who knows... the right buyer could come through tomorrow!

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