Well to say the past few months has been crazy is an under
statement! God has been so good to us and keeps revealing that he is in
control. While I am starting to
run out of Laura wisdoms (actually not my wisdoms at all), my brain is mush and
I am sitting on the couch surrounded by laundry, moving boxes, and toys. I know I should be
doing one of the one million things on my list but I just decided forget
it. I am going to take some me
time and explain where we have been the past few months. John says I don’t post enough pictures
so this blog is going to be full of them!
Beginning of September JOHN thought it would be a brilliant
idea to start potty training Everett……whatttttt! I told him that he had lost his mind and that my plan was to
start after Christmas. John argued that
since I already bought a little potty (got it a while ago because it was
onsale) than what are we waiting
for. I love that my husband has a
brillant idea on a Sunday afternoon and than he is gone all week long and I
have deal with the consequences. ie. poop and pee on the floor, tantrums and the dog attepting to eat his
poop. Yes it all happened. I don’t ever wish potty training on
ANYONE! Lets be honest…..it
sucks!!! But guess what…..we are
POTTY TRAINED! So this
video is when we finally mastered the poop on the potty. John promised Everett if he pooped on
the potty Elmo would come. In which I pulled John aside and asked him how
exactly we were going to make that happen. He just shrugged it off and told me I would figure it
out……well I did the best I could and this is what I came up with.
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Now that it is finished I am really glad John pushed for
potty training. It is nice to only
have to change one child’s diaper instead of two!
End of September some of my sorority sisters came to
visit. John was out of town so it
was all girls minus Everett and Lawson of course! It has been so awesome to walk through life with these
women. We are all at pretty
difference places in our life.
It’s always refreshing to hear about their journey. Next big date…..SARA’s wedding! Can’t wait! I’ll try real hard not to be pregnant! J
Well the big news is that we are MOVING! We were told we have 30 days to find a
new place to live because our landlord is selling this house. We were shocked to say the least. We knew God would provide direction, but
we weren’t expecting the direction he provided. After searching for about a week I began to think we may be
homeless for a few reasons.
1.
The rental Market to booming around here. Houses are going for much more than
they did when we moved in. We
would have to pay around 1800-2000$/m
2.
There are not a lot of 4 bedrooms
available. Most houses are 3
bedrooms. We can definitely live
in 3 bedrooms but it is nice to have a place for our parents to stay when they
come and visit.
3.
Because the Market has boomed most owners don’t
want renters with pets. And did I
mention we have a cat and a 90lb dog.
I understand that they can be picky and honestly if it was my house I
would probably say the same thing.
The thing that is funny is that my animals are not the ones that are
going to mess anything up…….its my kids that should have a deposit!
So even if we could pay 2000$ a month for a 3 bedroom, none
of the houses I called about would accept pets. Soooooooo what's a girl to
do…….cry, pray, and buy a house!
Yep sounds crazy I know. If
you know anything about John and I, it's that we love looking at properties
online for fun. I had seen this
property (great neighborhood, great school district) a while ago and thought it
had a lot of potential. I never
thought much more of it until John looked at me in one of breakdown moments and
said “we could buy”. Hmmmmm I wonder if that house I saw a few months ago is still
available?? Surely not but let me
check. I yelled to John from the
kitchen, “you are not going to believe this, that house is still for sale and
they just dropped the price.”
Long story short we went to see the house the next morning,
wrote up a contract and are supposed to close on the house next Friday! We continue to pray through this
process and know God’s timing is perfect!
We already have a lot of plans for the house and can’t wait
to keep you updated! I think there
will be a lot of before and after pictures! John said yesterday…..”well looks like the blog will become
our house project blog.” Maybe not
a young house love blog, but a room by room update!
On a side note you might be wondering “but I thought they
had to rent because John’s job is pretty mobile.” This is all true and honestly there are no guarantees. The good news is that John’s boss gave
him his blessing to buy (although this doesn’t mean he can promise anything)
and the rental market is really good so if we need to move we can rent it
without a problem.
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Oh yea and in all this chaos John and I had our 4 year
anniversary! We went to the Florida
keys! Some much needed down time.
Thanks Mom and Dad for watching the kiddos!
