Feeling better

Lucas and I drove up to Decatur to spend some time with my Dad and step mom. We got in around one yesterday and just chilled out with them. My dad hooked up Lucas' little pool and we watched him have fun in the water. We barbecued, took a walk, played with Peaches(their basset hound) and just visited. After Lucas went to bed my step mom and I drank couple bottles of wine and stayed up until one thirty and just caught up and had a good heart to heart. I feel better and not so stressed out, it was good to step away from the situations for a bit and just enjoy my family. I am going to take it one day at a time from here on out and I feel blessed to have a wonderful family that are healthy and supportive. Whatever happens with this house deal, I am staying positive and as long as I have my health, my families health, my wonderful son and husband whatever else happens, HAPPENS. We will make the best of whatever life hands us....but still keep your fingers crossed...lol.

Jumping through hoops...

I have been a bundle of nerves lately...we are trying to get this loan for the new house approved and we are having to jump through hoops to do it. With Billy owning his own business and getting a salary through this business raises red flags, so we are having to write letters and do all kinds of stuff. I am such a worry wart and of course am thinking about the worst possible things, like we already sold this house and what if they wont give final approval on the loan for the new. I just don't understand this whole thing, we where pre-approved , but it took so long to get thru the underwriters and now they are just getting to asking these questions. I feel so vulnerable right now and I hope by this time next week we will now the final solutions and get this resolved. Sometimes I feel like we should have just stayed put in our little house, life was simple and I DONT HANDLE STRESS WELL, if you can't already tell that about me. So just cross your fingers and hope that what they have is what they need and I can breathe again.

Where to begin

I hope everyone had a great holiday weekend. We had a bbq Saturday and Sunday, but we really just hung out and enjoyed our family time. Monday was yucky and rainy so we headed out to St Louis Mills and let Lucas play at the big indoor play area and I got some great bargains on clothes for Lucas next season.
Back to the grind today at work, but busy so the day goes by fast. It is already Wednesday and we have a lot planned for the rest of our week. We have Grants Farm Thursday, SS class Friday and Family Hike at Castlewood Saturday. The weather is supposed to get better by the end of the week so hopefully everything will dry out. In the next week we should be getting all the things done on this house we need before closing. Permits should be in for the new house so hopefully they break ground by next week. I can't wait to actually see something come up.
We had a great night tonight, went for a walk and let Lucas play at the park. The dogs have been loving their walks and I think that will be a great trade off this summer for the loss of their yard and being couped up in an apt. I still have no idea how that will work out, but we will survive it somehow.

The Lukes'

Here is Lucas with his new buddy Luke. We had a wonderful visit with Luke and his mommy. This is at the children's zoo playing in the water. Lucas was a crazy man, running around getting wet and entertaining all the parents. This is going to be a fun summer if he loves the water this much. We had a great visit, thank you Erin for calling us and I can't wait to do it again soon. I am really loving being a mom and am thankful for the opportunity to be around so many other great moms! Being a mom ROCKS.

Out of the funk, but paying for it.

Had my moms night out with the Stroller Strides girls and it was a crazy one. We went to a new wine bar and did a wine tasting, which was so awesome. We sampled all kinds of wines and the coolest thing about this place was they had a bunch of wine on tap. You purchase a card, kind of like a debit card and you insert the card and you can get a taste, half glass or full glass of a bunch of different ones. It is kind of nice if you just want to try it, but don't want a whole glass in case you don't like it. Those little samples add up, because this group was pretty toasted. I was a driver, so I slowed down at the end, but that wine will hurt ya. I love MNO because we just talk about everything and you just feel normal being around other moms and hearing there stories and knowing that they all face the same challenges you do. They have the same fears, goals and just problems that you face. It definitely recharges the mind and spirit a lot. I was pretty hungover this am and Billy had to go get me a big coffee and Tylenol, I just ate some greasy fries and I am feeling like a new woman. We have a play date at the zoo with a blogger friend and her little boy Luke. This morning if you would have asked me if I was going to make it today, I would have answered NO, but I am better and ready for the long weekend.

In a funk

I feel like I am really in a funk right now. My birthday is coming up and I am usually really excited about celebrating it, but this year I can't make up my mind what I want to do and really just feel blah. I think it has a lot to do with all of this house stuff and moving. I have tons going on and I guess the pressure is kind of getting to me. I do need to decide what I want to do, my wonderful mother is babysitting for the weekend so we need to do something cool. I have a few options, just can't decide what I feel like doing. My allergies have been awful the past week and I just went to the doctor this morning and got some meds. I also was the lucky participant to get a tetnaus shot, since it has been over ten years and she highly recommended it with my job. They said it will be really sore, so that should be interesting when I try to pick up my boy. I am waiting for the Allegra-d to kick in ,Lucas is napping and the we have a few errands to run. I have a MNO(moms night out) tonight and we are going to a wine tasting...looking very forward to that.

OMG...I am in a picture with my son.

Pointing out the airplanes for mommy.

Having our picnic lunch after a long hike.

Me and my boy, he doesn't look like he belongs to me or anything, does he?

My husband can actually work the camera. It is so sad to look at all the pictures I take of Lucas and realize that I am in very few. I am always taking pictures of him with Billy or just by himself. Besides the random self portraits I take sometimes, I am never not behind the camera. So after mentioning this to Billy yesterday he was all about taking my picture.

We had the best day today, breakfast at the usual spot, grocery store, hike and picnic at Castlewood and a yummy dinner and walk with the dogs. The weather was awesome and not a cloud in sight. Lots of airplane watching for Lucas, who is fascinated with them at the moment.

Family zoo day

Billy took off early yesterday afternoon and we headed up to the zoo for a couple hours. Lucas LOVED the penguins! He just cracked up when they would dive into the water and make funny noises. The only thing bad about this is that it smells awful in the penguin house and it is freezing. We came home and hung out outside and enjoyed the weather before the storm came in. Imos was ordered and we just chilled. I watched the documentary on Farrah Fawcet and her struggle with cancer. It was so sad and I cried a lot of tears, cancer is such a scary thing. She fought so hard and it just kept coming back. I had a mole taken off a couple of years ago and it came back early melanoma. I go to the dermatologist every three months and the for regular checkups every six months for blood work. It always scares me to think that what if I didn't catch it early or what if I am missing something now. I feel like I am covering all my bases now, but it is still so scary...especially watching Greys Anatomy and seeing what Izzy is going thru.

Waiting for Lucas to take a nap so I can take a shower and get ready for our busy Saturday. We are going to a block party in our new subdivision and to my cousin Kristen graduation party. I am hoping for a long nap so he will be a happy boy for the afternoon and evening.

Too cute..just had to show ya

Lucas before swim class last Saturday. My bff Bree sent him these trunks and swim shirt for his birthday. He looks like such a little man and quite the pose. I love this little man so much! I can't get over how funny he is, his is quite the character.

A boy and his first home

We played outside this morning and I was able to take some pictures of Lucas in front of the house. I want to make sure when he gets older that he has pictures of the first house he lived in. I have waves of sadness at times about leaving this house. I love everything I have done to it and I know I will love my new house too, it is still hard a times and it still causes me some anxiety. It all happened so fast, I am just now coming to terms with it. Had our St Louis county inspection, that went rather smoothly and only a few minor things to be done. The main thing and a pretty big deal is we have to replace our electrical panel and main power line coming into the house. It was an old line coming into the house from the meter and water has been coming into the panel and has pretty much ruined the whole panel. I can't believe we still have power after looking at it. The crazy thing is that I would have never known. The roofer comes tomorrow and I am hoping just a few minor things with that. The rental house situation is not going to go our way, so we are signing a lease for the apartment this weekend. Anything else....not really, just waiting for Lucas to get up from his nap and we are going for run. Pretty day here after all the storms last night and looking forward to hanging with my boy for the rest of the day. Making yummy old school tacos tonight..cant wait. Kim, I know you are jealous:)

Ugh....speak english!

I am really annoyed with foreigners right now. This stupid landlord that we are dealing with for this rental house is and he is such an asshole and has zero people skills. This seems like the norm for me, I deal with them at work and it is the same way. Get some people skills, really! Basically I had Billy call this guy this am to see if we could pay more a month for them to accept our short term lease instead of the other two applicants that want a longer lease then us. Anyway, I thought maybe we could wheel and deal with this guy, but he was soooooo rude to Billy. He hung up on him first and then Billy called back and was like, "look we just really need to know if this is going to work out or not", so he probably hates our guts and wont rent to us now. I am giving him until the end of the week and then if we don't get it we are just going to rent the apartment. I am not to worried about it anymore, whatever! Then today at the gym some lady was talking on her cell phone in another language and that just put me over the edge. I don't know why it annoys me so much. Anyway, Lucas is napping and then we have to load up the dogs and go bye-bye for about an hour while they do an appraisial on the house. It is warm and muggy out and we are supposed to get some wicked storms tonight. Billy is out of town until late so its just me and the boy tonight.

ok, we may be homeless....

There are two other applicants that want to do a longer lease, so if there credit isn't total crap, they will probably get the house. I called the apartment and they still have not rented out the one that we looked at, so we may be apartment rats. I should no one way or the other by tomorrow. These damn dogs, I love them , but if it wasn't for them this would not be so difficult!
Beautiful day today, going to come home from work today, strap Lucas in the stroller and am going for a much needed run. I have been eating like crap and have been stressed that I have slacked on the exercise lately.

We will not be homeless

We found a rental house! It is 3 br, 2 bath with a fenced yard and 2 car garage. The awesome part is they will do a 4 month lease and will take two dogs....yeah! It is only a couple hundred bucks more than the apartment, but way worth it to have a yard for the dogs. It is well updated and will work awesome for the summer. It is still close to work and a little closer to Ma Ma Nancy's. I feel so relieved to know we found something. We are still waiting to hear back about the inspections that our buyer had last week. Hopefully nothing major.
We had a babysitter lined up and had plans to go out for drinks with friends, but my allergies flared up and we just stayed home. I feel better after a good nights sleep thanks to some Benedryl. Had our usual breakfast at First Watch and we are going for a long walk with the dogs. Going to get in the car and find a new park or trail. The sun is out and no rain in the forecast..going to enjoy the day. Happy Mothers Day to all of you mommies.

Overdue pictures

The spaghetti incident...doesn't he look so big here?

Lucas and his daddy at the NHRA finals.

Me and one of my bff's ...love her and am so happy for you Chris.

He wore his earphones like a champ and got lots of attention. He loved the loud dragsters and just pointed and got really excited.

Rainy and yucky day here today. Going to work out and then a much needed trip to the grocery store. I may even be a good wife and make dinner...we shall see how my little monster cooperates today.

I am getting excited!

I am getting so excited...we had our final contractor meeting this am and everything is ready to go. It will take a couple of weeks to get all the permits, but they should be digging by the end of the month. We are still looking for some temporary housing, but we have a lady looking for a house to rent. We hope this works out for the dogs sake and my sanity, because two dogs in an apartment with no yard does not sound like a fun summer. If we can't find a place there are some decent and new apartments close to where we are building. We also looked at a daycare in Eureka this am. It was really nice and we are thinking of enrolling Lucas one or two days, he really needs to start being around kids his age and they have a really nice program there.
Lots going on, but we have no plans this weekend and I am looking forward to that. The last few weeks have been crazy. Thinking of going for a hike in Castle wood, maybe out with friends for drinks. Lord knows I need one!!!

Whirlwind, to say the least!

This last couple weeks have been insane. A month ago I would never have thought that my house would be sold, I would be looking for a place to live, starting the process of building a new home. This has happended so fast that I am having a hard time processing. We close on this house the 29th of June and our new house will not be done until the end of Septmember. Finding a house with a yard, pet friendly and short term leasing has been hard. I think we are going to rent an apartment "home" where we can have the dogs, they have a pool which will be good for the summer. I feel so sorry for my dogs , they will miss their yard. The bright side for them is they will get more walks. I looked at some that are right down the street from my work, so very convenient for letting dogs out a lunch time.
Billy took Lucas to the NHRA drag races on Friday afternoon and we all went yesterday. He was a trooper, had his earphones on and just pointing at the cars. The noise didn't bother him at all, he actually sleep in the stroller for the first hour. Last night he also showed up that he can reach the handles to the doors and OPEN them(found him playing in the toilet when I figured this out) and can climb rather well. I am in for it...this boy is BUSY!

S-O-L-D!

That's right....SOLD! I can't believe it, one day on the market and we sold it. I thought it would be way harder then that. The girl that bought it is a single girl and she absolutely fell in love with the house. We had to counter a few times on the price, but got it right and she was very excited(which is what her realtor said). I had a few meltdowns, tears of sadness, joy, freaking out and just plain scared. We close June 29th and our house will not be done until mid September. We were planning on staying out at Billy's uncles clubhouse, but it is getting ready to flood today, so we shall see what is happening down there in a couple months. That would be ideal, Lucas could spend some time with his Grandpa and we would be low rent for a couple of months. The realtor is putting some feelers out for short term rentals, so I am being optimistic that everything will fall into place.
We have SS class this am and Billy is taking little man over to the NHRA to see some dragsters. He is going to love it, he loves any kind of motors and anything loud. He will have his earphones on, so I hope he will not be to fussy with that. He is major teething and quite crabby, so we will see how long he will last over there.