We are pretty much settled in the house. I know, it only took 3 weeks. Well, the pictures aren't up on the wall but I don't count that. A big "Thanks!" to all of our parents who have been down here at various times taking care of kids, building fences, cleaning floors, and saying "Where does this go?" and not even rolling eyes when I said I didn't know.
We're actually paying American money to have a company "stage" our house in College Station. They're going to repaint the whole thing and put furniture and accessories in various places so the people who walk through can pretend they won't just move all their messy junk in if they buy our house. I think we're all watching too much HGTV, but maybe this will do the trick.
And some fun stuff (kid news):
For those of you who don't know Kellen, he has been obsessed with animals for about 2 years now. Not real animals, he's pretty scared of those. But he has tons of those little animal toys and he loves to watch the Discovery channel, etc. Well, it appears that Kellen has Moved On. I know, I know. His new obsession is writing letters (not correspondence, just the letters of the alphabet). He does that for probably 25% of his awake time.
One other thing I can think of to write about Kellen right now is that he has developed a little bit of empathy. Yesterday, I told him I needed to sit down because I was getting this weird pain in the back of my knee after standing up for awhile. The child actually said, "Mommy, what do you need? Can I get you anything?" It was so sweet and so unexpected.
Bonnie seems to be growing up. I think her language has developed a lot in the past few weeks. She is mostly so sweet and such a Daddy's girl. She is a mess, but pretty cute so I think we'll keep her. I can't really think of any specific stories to write about Bonnie right now, but she's funny and cracks us up a lot.
The baby is growing well. I can tell because it's hard to tie my shoes. I'm 33 weeks along and the doctor is talking about an induction date of August 4, seeing as how we live an hour from the hospital. It will be no time before we have a newborn in the house. I'm enjoying all the kicks and rolls. The kids are getting excited about her being here. I'm really feeling fine, just a little clumsy, and sleeping really well. Moving works wonders for third trimester insomnia.
We're leaving Friday for our little summer vacation. On Friday night we get to see Josh's favorite band, Hootie and the Blowfish, at Gruene Hall in New Braunfels. Josh is so excited. I'm just hoping to get a pity seat, because the tickets said, "Be prepared to stand." Yikes!
On Saturday we'll meet Josh's whole family at Schlitterbahn, which will be lots of fun. Stay tuned for pictures.
8 comments:
Glad that y'all are getting settled and moved in. We will pray that staging the house will work - it works for those on HGTV! Have a great week and enjoy the concert.
Schlitterban at 33 weeks pregnant? Your my hero!
The staging thing worked well for us!! Four days and then sold!!!
Colleen
Oh, Sarah, I'll be relaxing. Either in the kiddie pool watching Bonnie, floating the lazy river, or under the shade eating lunch. In my opinion, Schlitterbahn is easy. We won't be doing Sea World.
I was starting to worry about you... no blog in awhile... but glad to see you are back and everyone is doing well and settling in... Let us know how the vacation goes and keep us updated on the next 7 weeks... yeah.
I've been wondering about you guys, too! See, you are missed! :) I'm glad all is well.
I, too, am hoping you get a pity seat at the Hootie show. I'd have to pass on that one if it required standing up. :)
I have to confess that I, like Kellen, have developed a sense of empathy for pregnant women (particularly in a hot, humid climate) since you have started having children (you'd think I would have learned this earlier, since you and Lesley were born in the fall). I've gotta say you're going through some awesome stuff, and doing it with such incredible (dry) humor. Hootie and the Blowfish? Your induction date might be a moot point.
Yay for the update! I can't wait to see you guys and those kids in September. I say, take a lawn chair to Gruene Hall and explain that you're 7 months pregnant and you brought your own chair, thank you very much.
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