Thursday, October 17, 2013

a month to remember!



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





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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!  
703 Turnberry Dr, Melbourne, FL



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!  

 

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