Addition to the blog....

Look who finally added a new ticker! Can you find it? More to come later:)

From this.....

This is the lot as it looked before dirtwork started on Labor Day! And yes Beckett thought he was the coolest kid in town driving the dozer:)

To this.....

I am shocked everytime i drive by the lot by the amount of work they have done in two weeks. We started this process Labor Day weekend and must i remind you that it rained for like two months straight! Getting to this point has taked a lot of patience for sure! We are totally thrilled with the progress and i can't wait to finally start working on the interiors. Beckett loves going to the lot and playing around. We have to go almost everyday and find a dumptruck! I will keep everyone posted as the work continues:)

Doe-Doe

This was Beckett's first year to officially trick or treat! He has a mild obsession with Doe-Doe (diego) so that is what he wanted to be:) He and Leighton had a great time going from house to house and got a lot of good candy. I think some people were alittle confused on what he was supposed to be but the ones who had kids knew without a doubt!

Happy Birthday Beckett!!

A calm moment!
Waiting to ride the ChooChoo Train

In case you are wondering "Gator Hunt 09" is next weekend!

Beckett turned 2 on Sept. 4th!!! Hard to believe it has been two years since I got 3 epidurals:) Anyways, Derek took the day off and we all went to breakfast at Primos and then to the zoo to celebrate. He had a GREAT time and was worn out when we got home. We are going to the doctor for his two year check up next week and I am anxious to see how much he has grown-i feel like he is unusally tall, but maybe not....we will see. I will post all the stats and pics from the party hopefully next week!

In other news....We FINALLY start the dirt work on our new house TOMORROW!!!! I can't wait:)

So, it's been awhile!

Ok, so i guess it has been entirely too long since i posted something, but i have some good excuses. We moved in with my mom and gene at the end of May, and spent a good bit of time getting settled and continuing to look for a house. I guess i can say that we are settled for the most part. It is still a little weird though, bc we really only have our clothes, beckett's toys, my cook books, and stationary here-We LITERALLY put everything we own in storage. Little did we know that it would be there for quite some time. After searching for house we decided our best bet would be to build. We were having no luck in the house hunt. We officially closed on our lot last week and I already have the plans done-for the most part, so we should start building soon. I am hoping we will be able to get in by Dec.-Jan. but that really depends a lot on things i can't control, so until then we will be here! We can save so much money by not renting and my mom has plenty of room, so we are just going to stay:) Yes, i know you think i am crazy!
But, really the only thing i am stressed about is the fact that ALL of our winter clothes, shoes, jackets, etc....are in the VERY BACK of the storage unit!!! And we will for sure be here for a season change! Should be interesting......
I will post more soon and hopefully some new pics. I have lots more to update about! I might be turning this blog into a design blog before it is all done....i will have lots of decisions to make and might need some help. We still haven't plugged up our computer so i am using mom's and haven't a clue where the camera cord is:)

Answered Prayer

For a few months now Derek and I have been thinking about trying to sell our house. We just really need a little more space. I even went so far as to call a realtor to come see the house and tell me what all needed to be done before it went on the market. Well, that list wasn't as bad as i thought it would be but still....I WAS DREADING IT! With me being home 95% of the time with a toddler i couldn't imagine keeping this house straight enough to "show" at the drop of a hat. So i was slowly starting to do a few things here and there, all the while praying that God would just send someone knocking on my door wanting to buy it! I think i even told my friend Katie numerous times that "God never gives you more than you can handle" so maybe he will realize a house on the market is more than i can handle and send me a miracle.......
Well, that is kinda what happened! My SIL is a nurse and she was talking to a coworker one night who was thinking of buying her first house and told her i was thinking about listing mine and i might would let her see it. So after a few phone calls she came to see the house and three days later she made an offer!!! HOLY COW!! I was super pumped....i couldn't believe i just got an offer on a house with NO sign in the yard. So after a few days of negotiating we signed the contract.
Well, here is where it gets crazy-she originally said she wanted to be in on May 22! Um, ok, i couldn't exactly say no, so i agreed. Well we have since pushed it back to closing on May 29th. In the meantime i have been franctically searching for a house! You would think with the economy the way it is this would be easy to do, but trust me it is NOT. As of today, we are going to start packing this week/weekend and focus on that while we wait to see what else pops up on the market. I do have about 3 houses for derek to see Saturday, but i am not holding my breath on us agreeing so easily:) If we don't find a house by May 15th we are just going to move in with my mom and continue looking or maybe think about building. If it comes to this i don't even want to think about how many storage units we are going to have to get:)
Aside from the chaos my life is going to be for the next month, I do know that this was truly a blessing and an answered prayer so we are going to deal with it:) I know there are lots of folks out there who have been trying to sell houses for a long time now. And we know how lucky we got. God is so GOOD!
So if anyone is thinking of selling their house...let me know:) I will try to keep the updates coming as the process continues!!! It should get interesting......Also, in my sentimental moments i might pay a little "homage" to this house before all the stuff starts getting packed, so just endure the cheesy-ness:)

I must end this post by saying "no mom, i am not pregnant!" She assumed after reading my last entry that i was preggo and she called me to ask. I told her whenever that day comes i will tell her LONG before i blog about it:) And at this stage in the game that too would take Divine Intervention:)