Yikes! Okay to tell you the truth I can’t remember when the last time I blogged was. I’m sorry everyone we have been so busy it’s been unimaginable. I’ll start with the biggest news I’ve got an work down through the rest and sprinkle a few worthwhile stories in their while I go.
Okay well our biggest news is that we are EXPECTING again. That’s right Maxwell and Guinness are getting another sibling! I am today roughly 15.5 weeks. We are so excited! We always knew we wanted Max to have a sibling close in age and as Kevin has fond memories of growing up so closely in age to his older brother Kyle so we decided in August to go for it and low and behold we are due in May. May 24th to be exact… so we are very happy about our growing family! We understand there will be a learning curve and trust me the first three months after baby are still very fresh in my mind, but we are looking forward to the challenge and if Max can remain the wonderful helper we have today we should be all good! P.S. I haven't posted yet to Facebook so if you're on Facebook post just yet I'm working on a cute photo!:)
Speaking of our little Max, he is now officially running, talking all sorts of gibberish and loves being with his mommy and daddy! He’s great! He’s also entered into the only mommy can hold me stage and if I don’t get my way I will throw my whole body on the ground stage. I am very good at ignoring him, as this is what the doctor has instructed us to do. On a bright note, we’ve also entered into the snuggling and kisses stages so everything weights itself out. Life with Max is good! We are so blessed!
Max has also been upgraded to the Toddler class at school and is doing so good. He’s learning new things everyday; playing games, singing, dancing, learning and having a blast. He’s the youngest in his new class but the teacher says he’s so fun and doing awesome. I went and picked him up the other day and they were headed outside, he had his coat on and was holding hands with two other kids in a line, it was so cute!! He’s so cute! And growing up so quickly! You know if you ask him where his nose is he’ll point to it and his tummy too. Then he’ll want to see your belly too. And kisses, how he loves to give kisses! Ha!
And now to our other news… drum-roll please.... we sold our house and have entered into a contract on another one! Okay wait what did I say?? Yep we sold our house and have entered into contract on our next house. Ha! Okay this is a long story I’m going to do my best to write a summary here so I’ll start at the beginning.
One of my favorite apps is the Homes app on my iPod, for the longest time I have been tracking this house in Canfield because I found it absolutely beautiful and it was almost in our price range. One day I was checking my app and this house I loved (4 bedrooms, 2 acres of land, Canfield) had dropped down to our target price range. I called Kevin and told him and one a whim we but agreed that I should call the realtor and see if we couldn’t just “check it out” because after all it doesn’t hurt to look.
So I called the realtor, Geri, and while I was on the phone with her she told me how it was bank owned and they wouldn’t do a deal contingent on us selling our home so if we loved it we’d have to see, which we would have to do to get our equitity to buy it. So she started asking me about our house and said that she knew of 5 people looking for that exact type of house now, as inventory was low. I laughed but thought what the hell. So that upcoming weekend we met with her to discuss the house I loved and our house to get an idea of what we could sell it for. She gave us a good number, which shocked us and got us excited. We figured we would never sell our house for what we bought it for since we purchased it before the real estate crash, but she insisted that we could so hmm our minds begin to roll.
Well we went to check out the house that I loved and it was amazing but needed a lot of work. Let’s just say that the guy living there and his daughter may be selling crack and his daughter is definitely a prostitute. The house was trashed, imagine Kevin’s house he lived in during college (beer cans and all) and you’ve got it. It was a beautiful shell but lots of money to repair. This house is easily a $500,000 house with some major work… but I wasn’t ready for a money pit! So we moved on, but were still enlightened by the idea of selling our home.
So one idea led to another and with interest rates etc we thought what the hell, let’s sell our house and buy another. After all we could get twice the house and still be making the same mortgage payment, thanks to the low interest rates. A week later and we had offers, a few days into the negotiations we had one we liked and went contingent. So now we had to find another house for us.
So over the course of a week and a half, Kevin, Max and I checked out a few dozen homes and finally settled on one that was perfect. Almost an acre of land, Canfield, 4 bedrooms, plenty of space to grow… something that fit us!! We love it. And have had our offer accepted. Wow! It’s been a crazy few weeks.
So here we are; Baby #1 – Mr. Maxwell – is doing amazing, Baby #2 is growing quickly and hungry as ever, we’re moving and things are good! Mommy and Daddy are very blessed! 2012 has been a good year for us, and we are excited to see what 2013 will bring.
Okay long blog – more later!
I’ll posts pictures later too!
