Chaos, Chaos, Chaos

To say that our house is in a total state of chaos is an understatement. Despite the fact that I have packed probably 70% of our belongings, our house is a complete disaster (and by disaster I mean I can't even vaccuum because there are boxes, toys, odd-shaped items waiting to be packed all over every floor space in the whole house) and we are literally tripping over each other to get to anywhere. Audra, of course, thinks this is wonderful and thinks that climbing on top of boxes is the greatest thing in the world and is VERY proud of herself when she does so. I will try to get some pictures to post. We are down to nine days until moving day and are getting very anixious and excited. I am sure in six months we will be very glad that we did this!!

Here are some cute pictures of the Aud-Pod. Here is happy normal (but, yes, very dirty) face:

Here is the her newest "don't mess with me or I will get you" face. Very cute!

And it Begins

To say that things are crazy at our house is an understatement. The movers are coming to load everything into a trailor for storage on Monday, July 28th- only 13 days away! I can't believe it is coming up so soon! That is also the day of closing on our townhome, which Ben does not have to be at because he is not on the title (I bought the house the day of our first date, so he had no say in the townhome whatsoever). Then, we will move into Ben's parents house, and we are VERY grateful to them for being willing to let us crash at their place for what we believe will be 10 days. We close on our new house on July 31st and actually get posession of the house on August 1st. But, we are hiring painters to come in and paint the whole house before we move in, which should take about a week. So, we are set to move into the new house on August 8th.

It is an emotional and stressful time. I was telling Audra's future mother-in-law, Jen (Cache's mom), about how Ben and I fell in love painting this townhouse and it was Audra's first home and there were lots of memories and everything, and she laughed at me and said, "kiss the walls and move on!" And, she is right, so I am glad that she said that- we will make many more new memories in our new house, that we bought together and will be able to decorate and everything else together. So, it is an exciting time- but I will be VERY happy in about 2 months when all of this is over!!!!

Audra Boxed In

Audra was literally "boxed in" while driving in the car as I picked up TONS of boxes from our local grocery store. And it is a good thing I got them because...

WE GOT THE HOUSE!!! In case you hadn't heard, WE GOT THE HOUSE!!!! We are not "technically" under contract, but we are faxing over the paper work right now and THEN we are under contract!!! This is a very exciting, but also a VERY STRESSFUL time! But, Audra is handling this all quite well:)

Oh, yeah, and she graduated to her front facing car seat- but she doesn't seem to care all that much.

TEXAS IDNTIFY YOURSELF!!!

OK, somebody in San Antonio, TX keeps looking at my blog- which is totally fine, but it has left me totally curious!!!! PLEASE let me know who you are- a long lost friend from high school, an old girlfriend of Ben's, a college sweetheart of mine---please tell me!!!!

Make An Offer?

Here is the house that Ben absolutely LOVES and I like well enough- it doesn't have that warm "touch" that I would like, but I think a coat of paint would really help out. It is on a cul-de-sac which was the deciding factor in choosing this house. So, we think we are going to put an offer on today- we will let you know!!!

Under Contract

Yes, we are under contract- for better or worse. We are losing tons of money, but I keep telling myself that many other people have as well in this market and try not to think about it. Well, we close JULY 28TH!!!! That is in less than THREE WEEKS! Needless to say I am going crazy- Ben and I are looking at tons of houses and we are hoping to find somthing that we just cant' live without- we will keep you posted!

In Honor of the Fourth

Bush Tours America To Survey Damage Caused By His Disastrous Presidency

I am sure this might offend some, but I thought this was absolutely hilarious! Have a happy fourth!