Yes, it's been nearly a year since my last blog post but I think I'm going to start keeping it up again. Here's the short list of what's happened since last October....
November 2009:
Continual work on the upstairs of our home. (Reminder: this is a home we were renting, with plans to buy in a few years) Projected completion date: Thanksgiving. Shawn turns 29. Ellie is still sleeping through the night. Mommy potty trains Alexandar, making one less child to diaper.
December 2009:
Continual work on the house. New projected completion date: Christmas. Alexandar turns 3 on December 4th, which was celebrated by a trip to Crossroads Village to ride the train. I directed our church Christmas Play, to which the community was invited and we had an awesome turnout!! Daddy played a Shepherd with Benjamin as his sheep, Isabelle sang and was an angel, and Ellie was Baby Jesus. Alexandar? Why, he threw a fit and wouldn't participate as a sheep. Christmas celebrated with my side of the family at my parents' house. Ellie and Isabelle receive matching Christmas outfits. Ellie has decided to stop sleeping all night, and instead, she wants to nurse.
January 2010:
Continued work on the house. New completion date: Carpet in by Valentine's day??? Ellie starts rolling over. Benjamin celebrates his 2nd birthday with a quiet party at home. Why so quiet? He napped most of the afternoon! Isabelle continues to progress well in school, enjoying her new skills learned weekly that assist her in decoding words to read! She aces nearly every spelling test. Saying the year as Twenty Ten or Two Thousand Ten is debated.
February 2010:
Carpet installed!!! Projected to complete in 2 days, but it took all week. Mommy was sick and the installers were vulgar. Now plumbing and electricity need to be completed before moving upstairs. Mommy and Daddy go out for Valentine's Day and drive around to 5 different restaurants before finding one with a wait time less than 3 hrs. Ate McDonald's fries while we waited. =) Ellie starts on solid foods, and enjoys her carrots, as did her brothers.
March 2010:
We finally move all bedrooms upstairs!!!!!! (I orginally stopped with 2 !! but decided it deserved a few more.) Bathroom upstairs still needs some finishing before we can use it. Alexandar and Benjamin love their new room, but are not easily convinced that monsters are indeed NOT hiding in their closet. Ellie refuses green vegetables, making a face and literally crying when fed to her. Mommy finds matching Easter dresses for her girls. Beginning of the month- wearing hats and gloves? March 31- outside in short sleeves!
April 2010:
Ellie celebrates her 1st Easter, however, she doesn't receive any candy from the Easter bunny. She is fully sitting unsupported all of the time now. We learn that our original plans to purchase the home Shawn just remodeled are not to be so. The plans begin for home ownership and many discussions ensue between living in the area or moving south to St. Johns. (Isabelle attends school there and her mom lives there.) Temporary plans are made to live with Shawn's mom, who drives truck over the road and isn't home much, leaving her home vacant much of the time. Isabelle is still acing her spelling tests. Shawn saves us from home invasion by a Banana.
May 2010:
Box after box is packed and prepared for storage. The house hunting begins. Many tears, confusion, and hurt feelings are dealt with as we prepare for our move after our hopes and dreams and squashed. The kids attend the Highland Festival and enjoy the parade. Ellie sleeps through the sirens. She begins her unique crawl- she refuses to crawl on her knees, but uses her feet instead. However, she isn't quite coordinated enough at the beginning and drags one knee, always her right. Green veggies are now allowed in her diet. Alexandar and Benjamin still adore their sister. Isabelle is getting anxious for school to be over.
June 2010:
We have a girl officially done with 1st grade! Alexandar and Isabelle can't wait to jump in the pool. Ellie decides she loves the water after her first time in, and Benjamin continues to play in the sand instead. We make our first trip to the Splash Park in Mt. Pleasant. House hunting continues, and we begin to adjust to living somewhere different. Both boys repeatedly ask to go to "their real house" and call it home everytime we pass by it. (It was unavoidable to go by it, as it sits next door to my parents' home.) Mommy still wants to cry when we pass it, too.
July 2010:
We journey via bike and bugger to downtown St. Louis for the big fireworks display. All love them, but start to cover their ears due to the sound. Alexandar starts going through the night without a diaper. House hunting drags on. Benjamin starts wanting to go pee on the potty, and does so once while wearing only Isabelle's headband. Mr. Ben also enjoys playing with the traffic cones, calling them "hups" but naming himself "Cone Head" when viewing the picture Mommy took of him wearing a cone on his head. Ellie starts taking her first steps. Isabelle jumps in the pool every chance she gets.
August 2010:
Mommy and Daddy celebrate their 5th wedding anniversary. Isabelle, Alexandar, and Benjamin all attend Bible School and love it! Nana and Papa take Izi and Alexandar camping for a few days, and then the rest of us decide to join them, journeying to Mackinaw. By now, we've made 2 offers on houses and didn't get them. Benjamin wants nothing to do with "big boy pants."
September 2010:
Isabelle begins 2nd grade. We celebrate Ellie's 1st birthday and officially have a 3, 2, and 1 year old in the house. We place another offer on a house and quickly change our minds and remove it. House hunting is put on hold and we drive off to spend a day relaxing. Incidentally, on the same day we stumble on a house that we LOVE, quickly call our realtor, and decide to put an offer on the house. After waiting a week, we learn our offer was accepted!!! Lots of paperwork later, and there is still more to be done. We know, however, the right house was found and God has had His hand in it all along.
October 2010:
Well, seeing as how it's just the 2nd of October... not much has happened. We did spend all afternoon at the park and attend Isabelle's school for the Fall Festival. We continue to wait on an official closing date and take all the next steps necessary to home ownership.
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