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We closed.

We moved.

We have lots of boxes to unpack.

And we still don't have Internet.

Maybe tomorrow.

Then I will feel normal again.

Hope you're all doing well...

God bless you!

Happy Monday!!

No way, Really?

My 'baby' turns 4 today!

It's really just so hard to believe that 'toddler' days are over and here we are in the midst of 'preschooler-hood.'

My son...

Is a Gift from God.

Is handsome.

Is hilarious.

Is loud.

Is not a good listener.

Is a good snuggler.

Is a conversation piece. (you should join us for lunch or shopping...we will, without a doubt, get stopped to talk about his hair!!)

Is super smart.

Is curious.

Is loving.

Is brave.

Is a blessing.

Is my baby boy.

Forever.

Happy Birthday, Evan!

I'm so proud to be your mother...I love you!

Today!!!!

God-willing, we will close on the new house in a matter of hours!!

While we were on our trip, several things came up that really had me doubting the timely close...but thank God we were able to resolve the issues with a dozen few phone calls.

We're getting the kids situated and then we're headed to the bank...

And by this afternoon...after a good hour of signing papers and developing a hand cramp, we will be *owners of a new home.

*actually, we are merely borrowers. It's God's house...He provided it and we are grateful!

Happy Monday!!!

Gone...

...Bus-ridin'

to the mountains

for couple time

with the hubster

and a group

of thirteen other couples.

Catch'ya on Monday...the BIG DAY!! :)

Hubby thinks like a lady blogger....

LOL

At least in regard to yesterday's post.

Thank you, ladies, so much for all the comments...there were several ideas for the cause of the problem...and a few possible solutions.

Anxiety = quite possible. Evan doesn't show much anxiety toward anything, that I've noticed. Maybe a big, furry spider, but he appeared to have taken all the changes of selling our old house and moving into an apartment very well...so I just didn't think of this one.

Bladder infection = I just don't think so. I could be wrong. From what I know, and have experienced, a bladder infection doesn't feel very good. There's pain and possibly blood in the urine...neither of these things have shown up thus far. I think I can rule this one out. (Thank you, Lord!)

Heavy Sleeper = most likely. It's gotten cooler around here and he snuggles hard in that bed...OR maybe it's because we have a lot going on and he hasn't been napping a lot lately. Maybe he's just flat exhausted at night and sleeping heavier than ever before...

Hubby had already said that when the kids are no longer sharing a room, ahem, when we move to the new house (NEXT WEEK!!). that we'd get Evan his own alarm clock so we could see if he'd get up to go on his own. But for now, hubby has gotten him out of bed the past couple of nights to make him go. And he does. And he goes right back to sleep.

So...hubby is on the same page as my lady readers...

I'll pat him on the back today! :)

Happy Wednesday!

Lil Help?

Out of the BLUE...

My son has started having accidents at night. We've started limiting his drinking before bed, but really, he's still doing it. For about the past week or so.

This is so not good!

I'm completely open to suggestions, or just encouragement, from those of you who've been here.

Thanks --- and Happy Tuesday!

One more week!

Wow...we are getting SO close to that new house!!

The house has a name...per se. We love the name of our street...I actually knew I wanted to live on that street from the moment I found it's name. Anywho, we call the house by the street name. We are constantly saying, "It's almost time for ___!!" or "X sleeps until we get ____!!"

We have had the best time watching our house go up from the ground up. The kids feel at home there already...Ella said so as she laid down in the master bedroom floor one day.

It makes us feel good. We believe that God has worked out each and every detail of this entire process.

And it's the little things, not just the big things.

We chose granite from the options they had in the showroom. We sort of went with the least ugly one...none of them were really to die for. But!! When our granite was installed, it was several shades darker...giving it a rich, cocoa/dark chocolate sort of feel. It's scrumptious, IMO.

The back door and garage door have blinds INSIDE the glass...no more mini blinds beating the doors to death as you open them. That wasn't a feature in the model home...just a cool little surprise for us.

The patio out back extends about 10 feet beyond the covered portion...didn't expect that.

It's all been amazing.

People say that building a house is stressful and can cause a lot of marital conflict.

Spsh.

We had a great time making selections...and now we are having a great time hearing that we chose some nice things.

So today...they are going to start sanding off the poly they had put down on the hardwood because when they tried to fix a spot and put new poly on it, it had a different finish. It will be redone to give the entire area a uniform look. Yippie!!

A good, thorough cleaning will be the only other thing desired before we move in...

NEXT WEEK!!!

Seven more sleeps and "_____" is ours!!

Counting Sleeps

Not Sheep. Sleeps.

That's how we keep track of when important things are going to happen around here.

For example: Daddy used to travel a LOT...so each time, I'd make the kids a calendar counting down the sleeps until Daddy would be home. Each morning they would take turns marking through the previous nights' sleep.

Thought I'd share a few things we're counting sleeps for (although only one has a kid-marked calendar.)

2 sleeps until I get to meet our new pastor. (Ella had the flu when he came for the vote, so I missed meeting him)

3 sleeps until Ella is out of school on a weekday again...so I think I'll take the kids to see the 3D Toy Story movies...we love those!

6 sleeps until hubs and I get to leave town...with a bus load of friends headed to a couples' retreat in the mountains!

10 sleeps until we close on the new house and begin moving!!

11 sleeps until my baby turns 4...and each day he marks through his calendar while asking 'am I four yet?' or commenting 'this is taking forever!'

14 sleeps until we have to be out of the apartment! Although we can extend if need be, we WANT to be done b/c that means we're in our new home!

I don't typically keep track of ALL of those sleeps...but I felt that the list needed to be a little longer...

Are you 'counting sleeps' to anything important in your neck of the woods??

Happy Friday!

Wordless Wednesday - My Favorite Guys

Birthday plans a'coming

My son's 4th birthday is two weeks from today.

This will be the day after we close on the new house. It will be an extremely busy week with the move and the birthday and the deliveries of furniture and appliances and the painting.

I don't want the sweet boy to get lost in the shuffle. Since the children's first birthdays, we've had a family tradition of just the four of us going to Chuck E Cheese. We still plan to do this...but we're also planning another little something.

We plan to spend our first night in the new house on his 4th birthday.

In tents.

Pitched in the master bedroom.

With microwaved smores.

Creating memories of a new life in our new home...together.

On a very special little boy's 4th birthday...I'm so excited!

We will spend the next few days shifting apartment garage items into the house garage along with moving completely out of the apartment by the 31st.

It will be a crazy week...but we are going to love the memories!