Giving Thanks..

As Thanksgiving Day approaches us, we see a lot of people giving thanks to everything around them. I think as an American, we should be thankful all the time. Everyone likes to forget that we live in a free country and have the right to freed of Religion, Speech, Press, Assembly and Petition. There are millions of other people on Earth that do not even get one of these opportunities. So, as you are thankful for technology, your job, or your family, please remember the basics...

Moving onto our Thanksgiving, I am planning my Thanksgiving Eve meal. We have an important family member that will be joining our dinner for the first time. My grandma that I haven't seen since Elizabeth was 1 years old, will be joining our family (hopefully) in celebration. To say this is normal and shouldn't be a problem, is totally hitting it wrong. There are many variables in the equation and once she gets here, it will be all I can do to keep the peace in my house. I will finally have both my grandma's at dinner and just praying everything goes okay... My Thanksgiving wish is that everything goes okay and we can try a repeat of this at Christmas time at the new house....

Speaking of the house, if you are on my Facebook, you will see the stress that has been. We asked for some repairs to be done (because there was more wrong than meets the eye). The seller asked for an amount without repairs. When we sent both back, he threw a fit and basically went to walk away from the contract. While we went and looked at a few more houses and let the seller cool off, he talked with his wife and agent. we came to an agreement on repairs and now we are onto one of the last things. Now to just get the house appraised and if that goes well, we are onto closing. The kids are excited to be moving into the new house...

Speaking of the kids, E is soo excited Christmas is coming and so is L. E and L have been writing out letters to Santa and so far, their lists are way longer than in years past. We keep telling them they have to narrow those lists down... But, soon we will be sitting down to write out the official letters and getting them up to Santa, so he can fill the order.

Johnny and JJ are both still trying to figure out this potty training stuff. I would sooo love it if they are done before we moved. Sadly, I don't think that is going to happen. Johnny is starting to finally get the hang of it but JJ still is having a hard time.

So, with that all being said, I am off of here. I think a sinus infection is on the brink. I woke up this morning with a very sore throat and no voice (and yes, everyone was happy about that). I had to take a nap and woke up the same way again. I am just not feeling well all around right now. Mike is home until the morning and then he is headed back for the road until Thanksgiving. I will be praying for save travels and hoping he makes it in for my big dinner (if not, I know he is shooting for his mom's dinner)..

Until next time, Happy Thanksgiving Everyone....

On a time line...

I added another picture of our soon to be house. We have had the inspection done, now waiting to hear back from the sellers at this point. We are still looking at closing mid-December!!

If you can tell, this house has taken alot out of us, not only to find the perfect one but then to get paperwork, signatures and phone calls made. I am still working on my schooling and the holidays are around the corner. If I survive the move and holidays I will consider myself really lucky!!!

E is doing well in school and is starting to learn about herself and people around her. She just celebrated her 8th birthday (inwhich I haven't had time to even upload the pictures yet). She enjoyed celebrating at school and then at home with family. She also got a very big present that we cannot seem to keep her off of and she is learning to have to control her time using!!

L is, well, what can you say about that child. She is excited that her first baby tooth is wiggling.. Her adult tooth has already came in on the back side of her baby teeth and she cannot wait for her first visit from the Tooth Fairy!!

Johnny is trying to fix everything in the house. I will be including pictures of him and Daddy on their recent fix-it adventure soon. He is really starting to take to potty training without even being told...

JJ is starting to learn the word "No" and "I don't want to" very well. He is starting to test his boundaries on what he can and cannot do and get away with. Sadly for us, his cry about breaks our hearts but everyone (including Gon-Gon) knows how to put him in his place when need be...

Well, I am going to get off of here. I just wanted to give a heads up on the home front. Understand if you call and get voicemail, please leave a message or write us an email. We are running a mile a minute at some points and we will try to respond as soon as we can!!

Changes to come...

As you can see, there are changes coming. The picture above is a picture of our house we have under contract. We are so excited to be pre-approved for our first home. We are just hoping everything keeps going as smoothly as it has been. The house inspection is Friday and then the appraisal comes after that. We then have to get to closing which is set mid-December. You heard that right, we will be hopefully moving right before Christmas.

The kids are understanding and are ready to get their own rooms. We have explained to all of them that Christmas will be small and the tree may go up the night before Christmas, this is a big change because I would usually already have our tree and whole house decorated for Christmas.

E is doing well in school and is thriving. She is catching up with her current pupils in classwork and we are still working on her speech issues.

L has been learning to control her impulses. The doctor put her on ADHD meds and we can tell a huge difference between when she has it and when we forget. L's teachers think she is an angel and love having her in class.

Johnny has been following in his younger sister's footsteps. He is starting to act a little ADHD and we are going to be watching him carefully over the next few months. He loves doing everything with tools and computers...

JJ is doing great and has shot up out of his 3T pants and is now in 4Ts. He is a very loving child but still loves to play with his train and cars..

As far as us, we celebrated our 9 year anniversary today! Lots of tears and laughs but we are still making it. We still love each other and are together, so that is all that matters. Well I am off to get the twins to preschool. Until next time!