One Sweet Boy!

On Thursday I came home to find these beautiful Gerbera Daisys on my dining room table! My sweet little Lukie bought these for me with his own money - just because. Earlier in the week the boys had gone to my parents house during a house showing. They cleaned up a large tree branch from the front yard (Gamma told them she would pay them to help her). Gampa happened to be the one home so he paid each of them for helping. Andy took them to Mei*jer to let them buy a transformer they were both wanting but when Luke walked into the store he said he wanted to buy his mommy flowers! Andy let him pick them out and thankfully he still had money to get his transformer. He was so proud of himself and of course I just about cried because it was such a sweet gesture from my snuggle-bug.

New House!

Last night we heard back on our offer - we were surprised because we thought it would take some time due to the relocation agency. We countered a couple times and settled. We have a signed contract on our new home! Through the countering we're buying it "as is" after completing a termite inspection. I can't believe this is all working out so quickly and easily. God is so good to us! This one is nicer than the original home we were hoping to get that sold last week. God had other plans! I don't want to put a picture or the address on the blog so if you want more details email/facebook me!

We'll be moving on May 1st after closing on April 30th. I don't have any days off from work so I'm going to find a baby-sitter for Friday, May 1st so that Andy and any other men can load everything on the truck. We'll just have everything packed up that week so that while I'm at work the stuff can be moved. I'll HATE missing out on all the excitement! Then when I leave work I'll go to our new house and have the weekend to unpack.
The new house will be almost double the square footage! We'll be going from 1200 to 2300 sq. feet so we won't know what to do with all of our new space. With a basement, living room, and only 1 couch it'll be empty! I'm thinking for now the boys will probably use the extra bedroom downstairs as a play room. Not sure how it will all pan out yet! We're going back to see it tomorrow after church because I wanted to show my mom and dad the house. I'm so excited!

House Update

What a week! We've been inside many homes trying to find the right one for us. We were booted out of our home for 6 showings. But it was all worth it because we have a signed contract on our house! One week after listing our house online we had an offer. Then on Wednesday we received our second offer causing the first people to increase what their offer! They then offered what we would have countered. We accepted their offer without countering and rejected offer #2. We also found a house we like. It's 4 bedrooms, 3 bathrooms, basement, fireplace, big kitchen, huge backyard, on a court, and over 2000 square feet! It's really nice. We made an offer last night. This house is going through a relocation company so it will be awhile before we hear if they accepted/countered our offer or not. We're hoping!

Wilson, 5 going on 15?

So...Wilson thinks a girl at our church is beautiful! Last week we were making cards for Aunt Stephanie and Uncle Bill's birthdays. Wilson said he wanted to make a card for Natalie too. I said, ok, why do you want to make Natalie a card? He said "because she is just so beautiful." He said it 2-3 other times while making her card. This Sunday he remembered to bring the card and actually gave it to her! He must have gotten a little embarrased right before he gave it to her because he started folding it up several times. He told me she liked his card. He has been saying funny things about wanting her to come over and see his legos, wanting her to watch him at t-ball practice (we saw her at the ball park and he kept asking me if she had watched him practice), and wanting her to come to his birthday party again next year. We were doing an easter devotion Saturday night and the boys were sharing something they loved more than money. What did Wilson say? I love Natalie more than money...He's got it, bad! There is also a little girl at preschool he has been talking about a lot lately too - Ashley. Before Ashley it was Abby...Uh-oh. He's going to break a lot of hearts with those big brown eyes! I'm really trying to downplay the whole thing, not asking about girlfriends or encouraging any of that this early!!!

Another cute story about Wilson- I rented Bolt for them. Won't do that again! They loved it until the end. Wilson started sobbing when Bolt was caught in the house. Then at the end he was SO scared b/c of the bad guy- shaking and crying and left the room. He wouldn't watch the end. Poor thing. He told me to never rent that movie again. I won't! It was so sad when he cried over the dog and I hate that I rented a kid's movie that scared him. Oops!

He has done well at his first 2 t-ball practices! He hasn't fussed and has willingly participated. HUGE improvement over last year! Go Reds!

It's about time :)

Wow. Last night I slept from 10:30 - 7:15. Straight. I wasn't woken up by Tyler to eat. I wasn't woken up by Luke. Nothing woke me up! It was heavenly. Friday night Tyler slept through the night and I only woke up once around 2 thinking hmm...he's still asleep! I took a nap Saturday afternoon. I am feeling like a new person! Thank goodness for stage 1 squash! That is what Ty has eaten starting Thursday evening. He loves it. He eats a whole container. He is also eating cereal in the morning. I'm going to introduce carrots next. At his well baby check up Tyler was "basically off the charts" according to Dr. I.
Weight: 21lbs 7 oz (97th percentile)
Height: 27 1/2 inches ( 81st percentile)
Head: 46 1/2 cm (97th percentile)

Dr. I. told me not to worry about him not rolling over much. It's due to his massiveness! He can do it, he just doesn't choose to much. He told me to start solid stage one fruits and veggies. Said "this boy has plans!". He had 4 shots, one of which was a flu shot b/c he was just now old enough to get the vaccine and they are still seeing cases of flu. Good visit! He is happy and healthy, and now for the past two nights, sleeping through the night! He's like mom, thanks for finally giving me some food!

Good News & Bad News

Good news first:
* our house is being shown twice today and was shown once yesterday

Bad news:
* the house we were looking at and liked sold
* found out Wilson has allergies, started him on claritin
* Luke has an ear infection
* I had a breakdown at the walk-in clinic. Went in because I thought I had mastitis again. Aching body, fever. They don't think it was mastitis but think it's the flu. Flu test came back negative. After being there for 1 1/2 hours I started crying (sleep deprivation will do this to you). She started asking me questions about Ty and then we were talking about nights. Once she realized I hadn't had a full uninterrupted night of sleep in over 6 months she got serious. Told me my immune system is down, that he doesn't need to eat in the middle of the night, I need to rest all weekend and only do feedings, etc. So I got home a little after 8. Fed Ty and changed his diaper. Called my mom to see if we could come hang out during the showings and finally got to eat dinner. Went to bed and woke up around 2, realizing that I hadn't fed Ty. Went back to sleep and woke up at 6, hadn't heard Ty yet still! I went in and fed him and went back to bed! He slept through the night! I hope this continues!

Chicken Parmesan

Tonight's dinner went from frozen chicken breasts to Chicken Parmesan in 45 minutes! This is easy and delicious. I recommend you try the recipe! I'll link the recipe here, at Annie's Eats.