We're moving!

Yes, that still seems like news to me!  All of this happened in a matter of a few weeks.  We totally were not expecting to be moving for another couple years, but God practically dropped this house into our laps.  Long story, short - I was randomly looking on har.com, I put in a wishlist of criteria, up popped one house, we went and looked at it, loved it, bought it.  Ta-da!  Crazy, I know.  But we think it is the perfect house for us. I can't really find anything I don't like about it, and that's a little scary (although some of the paint colors need to go!).  But we feel a peace about moving forward with this.  We just need to sell our place now!  So if anyone knows of someone wanting to buy a townhome in the Galleria area, let us know!  :)

I'm a little sad because we love our place so much.  It's a great location and we fixed our house just the way we wanted it.  Even though we could be content here for a while longer, it is beginning to feel a bit cramped.  The two things I'm looking forward to the most are: 1. having my own room again!  Nathan has been sleeping in our room b/c he still wakes up at night, so I don't want to put him in with Caleb yet.  He's 9-months old this week, so it's about time!  I sometimes feel like I'm being held hostage in our room because I can't get up early in the morning without waking him.  :)  And 2. having a long driveway and a three-car garage!  We have a very tiny carport, and it's kind of a circus getting two kids in and out and parking the big van.

We hope all of our friends will come out and visit us even though it'll be a little farther away!!  I will use bribery of fun neighborhood pools/splash pads and playgrounds, and even baked goodies if I have to.

A picture of the new place:

Quick update

Oops.  Haven't blogged in a while.  Here is a quick update of what's going on.

Caleb just cracks me up.  He's my little comedian.  I hear funny things like, "Whacha makin'?" in this little voice when I'm cooking.  When my dad visited he showed Caleb a YouTube video of Cookie Monster singing "C is for cookie, that's good enough for me."  Then the other day when I was letting him snack on cheese and crackers, I hear him singing, "Cheese and crackers, good enough for me.  Hey!"  And he tries to do Cookie Monster's deep voice.  The facial expressions on this kid are hilarious.

Caleb looooooves jigsaw puzzles.  And I can't believe he can actually do them!  He's not even 2 1/2 yet!  We get them out almost every day.  And at the end of the day I am the one that gets to sort them all into boxes after they all get mixed up.  :)

Here Caleb is doing his Thomas the Train puzzle.  And he wanted to wear his Cars bib.  Classy. 

Nathan is full of surprises.  The other day I walked out of the room to tidy the kitchen and left him in the living room to play with toys.  Not more than a couple minutes later, I walk back in the room and find Nathan STANDING up and holding onto the table!!  I didn't even know he could do that!  He hasn't even started crawling!  Silly boy.  He was very proud of himself.  Every day I let him play next to his toys basket, and he'll stay there for an hour or more pulling toys out and playing with them. 

The other day I decided to try a craft with Caleb during Nathan's nap.  We made a caterpillar out of an egg carton, and a butterfly out of his two traced hands.  Then we read his two caterpillar books.  He loved it.  You're supposed to use pipe cleaner for antenna, but I didn't have any, so I put in toothpicks for a temporary fix (and then took them out later when he was playing with it).

And we all dressed up like cows to get our free Chick-fil-A meals for their Cow Appreciation Day.  I just taped some spots on me and the boys.  David put on ears and the sign.  I couldn't stop laughing at him.  At least the kids are too young to be embarrassed by us.  :)