::House Stuff::

Who knew trying to get your house ready to sell could be so stressful. Maybe it doesn't stress others out but it does me. I have been having trouble sleeping at night because I lay awake thinking of everything that needs to be done. Then with what ever house we get, there is a whole other level of stress there. So much is going through my head. It just want little fairies to come and finish our house, sell it for us, and find us an awesome house some where haha. I don't think Eric is really that stressed out, but he's pretty laid back.

Lucas is 9 months old tomorrow. It won't be long until we are planning is FIRST birthday. The time has flown by but he gets cuter every day so its okay. He has such a little personality. I have a feeling he is going to be a tough discipline. He listens pretty well to "NO", but not always. He's better with Eric, must be that deep voice he has. He is such an active little boy. He just wants to go, go, go 24/7. Yesterday he was so hyper. I loved yesterday. He was happy, active, such a good boy. He napped really well, smiled all day, listened to me. Today is another story. I guess you don't get good days every day but I can't wait until he is a little older. We will have so much fun together.

We are so ready to see Spring. This snow has way over stayed its welcome this winter. Today it has been very sunny and I wish it was melting the snow quicker. It has been a long, snowy winter. Where is the global warming now? *eyes rolling* I would love to get out and take Lucas for a walk but not in this weather. I hate how depressing winter can be.

I'm still hoping someone will adopt our dog Dynamo. If not then I'm going to have to put the guilt aside and break Eric's heart and give her back to the shelter. I hate getting so mad at her for barking, biting, running around after me all the time. I had to put them in the basement earlier because I couldn't stop yelling at her and I didn't want to scare Lucas. She sounds like a joy, doesn't she?

::Going to the Beach::

We are supposed to being going to the beach this weekend for the long weekend but since we are going to DE we aren't sure if the travel will be clear of snow of not. I really would like to go and get away but we'll have to see I guess. 


After we get back from the beach we are hoping to buy the rest of the stuff to finish the basement. The rest of the dry wall, the flooring, etc. I don't think we'll be done by the end of this month like we were hoping but maybe March. We won't have everything done upstairs but if we get lucky maybe someone will just buy it but if not then we'll continue the trim, finishing the rest of the floors. We are guessing this will be a first time home for a new couple or for an elderly person because its a smaller house and a ranch. But we have a certain price we want to get out of it so we'll keeping working and doing minor not expensive things around the house to attract more buyers. 


Lucas is now 19lbs. We are hoping he fits in his 12-18m clothing for this summer since we bought most things last summer when they were on clearance. He goes for his 9 month appt at the end of this month. I'm excited for them to see how much he has grown. He loves real food. He doesn't even want anything pureed any more. Last night for dinner we had sloppy joe's at my parent's house and we took some of the mixture and put it over some bread and cut it up and he really liked it and then he had a little apple sauce as well. So I plan to continue with the oatmeal for at least a couple or one meal because it has so many nutrients in it and then give him what we are having for dinner. I think he'll like that. 


Well off to start up the crock pot for dinner tonight. Many exciting things for us to come that I'll be blogging about later. 

::Shh...Sunday::

::Help Needed::

If we are going to get this house on the market the end of February then we need to pack up some junk and possibly the animals. I'm going to have to request some help from my mom during the week days after she gets done with work because its nearly impossible when I'm home alone with Lucas. We need to get some boxes and get packing. All of this makes me nervous for some reason. I've never packed up all of our stuff and moved it before. I'm just ready for some more room.


Lucas has been so active. He never stays in one place for long but he is more interested in toys. We bought him a Jeep walker and he loves it. The expression on his face is priceless and he runs with his hands twirling up in the air, too cute. He is now 18 lbs 6 oz. I can't believe how much he has grown. 


Eric's 28th birthday is next weekend. We are heading over to the beach for the weekend. It will be a quick cold beach trip but it will be nice to get away. Eric is mostly excited to get Lucas in the pool, since there is an indoor one. Don is coming along as well so it should be fun. Hopefully Lucas sleeps well in his pack n play and it doesn't mess up his amazing sleep schedule we have going for us here. 


I'm excited to get our tax return back. I have so many things planned for it. Eric said I could use it to buy furniture for the basement. I hope to not use it all for the basement but to save a little chunk for a king sized bed for our next house. We haven't really bought much of our furniture so it excites me!! I think we bought the couch and then the dining room table and that is it, everything else was given to us. 


Off to clean up the kitchen that is long over due.