Trucking Along

So everything is just trucking along in our neck of the woods.  (I actually love writing this because we literally live in the woods)  Our home build is coming along slowly but hopefully surely.  We are excited that Spring has finally arrive and summer is just around the corner.  The babies are growing and changing and we are so happy.  I am currently in the process of planning a progressive dinner for my mom's group.  We are having a lot of trouble getting a date.  Every date I throw out someone is busy that day.  It is so frustrating but what can I do. 

My son had a really weird mini bug (virus) I think.  Yesterday afternoon his cheeks and ears were super red.  I was lethargic and clingy.  He went to bed just fine and this morning he climbed into my bed at 8 am and just laid there.  He was pretty lazy most of the morning and didn't want to eat.  About 1 this afternoon he really started getting his energy and my 2:30 he asked for lunch.  Now he is just fine and like it never happened.  I don't know what it was? 

Siding, shingles, and porch posts

The next item I need to pick out for the house is the siding, shingles, and porch design.  I believe I am going for a little grey siding and a charcoal grey shingle.  But here are some porch inspiration pics:

 

 

 

Any suggestions?  things you like about your porch..things you don't?

Our Forever Home

So the other huge news in our family is that we bought a lot and are building a house.  Here is that story:

Ever since we were dating we always wanted to build our home.  However, we never thought it would be a possibility.  I am a sucker for realtor.com and am always looking at it.  I found a lot that was so cheap I really thought it was to good to be true.  There had to be something wrong with it.  But we went and looked at it and fell in love.  It is over one acre and is on a cul de sac.  It was heavily wooded and lots of timber in the back yard.  It really was perfect.  It was so cheap we bought it for cash! So that started everything off.  We had to sell our current house so we put that on the market in June of 2014. We had it on the market from June until December 2014 when I had my daughter.  We had to fire and 2 realtors during that time.  Because we moved within the same company we did not have to wait.  In December we decided to take it off the market in order to have my baby and find a new company and realtor.  We then relisted in early January 2015 and it sold Valentine's Day 2015.  We closed on it March 21 2015.  During that closing time we moved everything into a storage shed and lived with my single brother for a few months. This was very difficult because I really need my own space especially with 2 very young kids.  My husband was always gone because he was building a house that we were going to live in while we built our house.  When that house was complete we moved in it (we are currently here) and then we broke ground on our house.  The home we live in is across the street from our lot so when my husband is working on our house he is across the street!  Since we are building it ourselves it will be along process because my husband still has a full time job of course.  Right now we are in the framing stage.  I don't have up to date pics right now but I can post a few starting from the beginning.

 

 

We are actually now in the framing stage and we are about 95% done with that.  It looks like a house now and if you walk around in it you will see the layout...I will get some updated pictures soon.

 

If you want to know the design the best way to describe it is a farmhouse style.  It will have a wrap around porch.

Our Princess

We are so blessed!

 

 

 

 

Gloria Grace

3 mon

 

6 Mon

9 month

1st birthday

 

 

She is so amazing.  My pregnancy was super easy.  I love being pregnant!  I have nothing bad to say about it. 

She was a planned C-section which I was upset about.  After I had my son I didn't want to have a baby with the same doctor, but out of pure laziness of not wanting to find another doctor I did and I regret it.  The doctor told me I was going to have a huge baby and she needed to come out before she gets any bigger (she told me the same thing with my son)  So she told me I need to deliver early and basically scared me into it.  My daughter came out 8 lbs (wow huge baby, right ((sarcasms)) So she was wrong.  If I have a third I NEED A NEW DOCTOR.  I also wanted a v-bac and she said no.  Anyways. 

This will be included with my next post but in May of the year she was born we bought a lot.  We then put our house on the market while I was pregnant so we had home showings for months.  During this time my husband built the current home we are living in (more details later) because we couldn't start our house until our old one sold.  We fired 2 realtors during this time with the second one being fired about a week before she was born.  We left the house off of the market while I had her on December 5th and decided to put it back on January 3 2015.  So I had more home showings with a one month old, a toddler, and an 85 lb dog.  It sold on February 14 and we closed on March 21.  During that time my husband was moving things into our storage shed every night and weekend.  So I was very alone in this new phase but I handled it like a champ I think.  Not ideal, but I did it.  So she is 14 months old and my husband is now building our forever home.

 

Now I hate to admit this but I never wanted a daughter.  I totally thought I was a boy mom.  I didn't want to deal with hair and attitude.  But boy was I wrong.  She is so great.  I can totally eat my words.  She is so cute and it is so fun to dress her up.  I just love her and can't wait for mommy daughter days!!!!!!!!!!!!!  I am still nervous for the future attitude though. 

 

Oh just can't get over how great she is!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!  She is such a good baby.  She sleeps well and eats well and always has.  She never cries!  She is great.

Huge Life Update!

Wow....I have had a whirlwind past several years!  I will just hit on the highlights-

Our son is 3 1/2 years old and we are looking for a preschool for next Fall (this is a blog post in itself)

Also, we had ANOTHER BABY!!!!!!!!!!!!!! We had a daughter on December 5th 2014

We bought a lot, sold our house, my husband built our current rental house, and is currently building OUR forever home.  Ok which update should I do my next post about??????????