I'm a homeowner! Plus a couple of Connor stories.

So...since the last post about a kazillion things have happened.

We finally got our house closed on, with hitches in the process up to the very last second.

Since becoming homeowners we have knocked down a wall, replaced a toilet, painted half of our house, bought a stove and microwave, and snaked a major clog in a drain (and it's still working so far).

Hopefully things will calm down soon! :)

Needless to say, we couldn't have done any of these things without the help of family and friends. I am so touched at the hours of service and hard work that our ward friends and family have put in on our behalf. I am so grateful. Really, I couldn't have done it without you guys!!

So, on another note...I'm always putting Emily stories on here, but Connor's had a few good ones lately.

The night before our house closing Connor spent the night at my Grandma's house. The next afternoon Papa calls and asks me to ask Connor where the phone is. He's talking to me on the phone and I'm talking to her...it went something like this:

Papa: Would you ask Connor where the phone is? She used it to talk to you yesterday.

Me: Connor, do you know where the phone is?

Connor: No

Me: You used it when you talked to me on the phone yesterday, do you remember that?

Connor: Yes.

Me: What room were you in?

Connor: I don't know

Me: What color was the room?

Connor: I don't remember.

Papa: Grandma asked her to take it upstairs after she was finished with it.

Me: Connor, did you take the phone upstairs?

Connor: Yes...(At this point her lip is starting to shake and she's on the verge of tears.)

Me: Connor, it's ok, where did you put the phone?

Connor: I took it up stairs.

Me: Where did you put it?

Connor: (With real tears now) I didn't know where to put it!

Me: It's ok sweetie, just tell me what you did with it.

Connor: I put it under a chair! (The sobbing continues)

Me: Do you remember which room you put it under a chair in?

Papa: Don't worry, I'll just go upstairs and start looking under chairs!

Poor little thing! It was so funny though.

And, on the way home tonight she saw some Christmas lights. She got so excited! She said "I love Christmas!!! We get PRESENTS!" I asked her "Why do we really celebrate Christmas though?" She said "Because Jesus was born." Just to see what she would say I asked "and why is that important?" she answered "'cause if Jesus wasn't born we wouldn't have a Savior."

I nearly teared up. What a sweetie she is!

Anyway, that's a little of what is going on here!

Another bump in the road...

So, we've had Birthday and Halloween, and other fun things going on, but I just haven't had time to post pictures or even think about anything other than this move/home buying process that is making my life crazy!

Every time things seem to go smoothly, we hit another snag in the process. We were told that we could close this Thursday (That's 2 days from today!) and to wait for a phone call to schedule it. Then, Monday, I got an e-mail that said we couldn't close until Friday (Because nobody called us last week to schedule). Which we couldn't do until the afternoon because of work schedules, etc. THEN I got another e-mail that said we HAD to close by noon on Friday or else we'd have to wait until MONDAY. Now we can't close on Friday unless more paperwork gets to me and signed by eight kazillion people and back to 76 other people by this afternoon. They haven't sent me the paperwork yet, and it's almost lunch time. We're supposed to move on TUESDAY!!!!! There is so much work to be done on the house that we really need the weekend to get it in liveable condition. I'm seriously stressed and near tears at any given moment.

The good things are good though. I was seriously sick on Saturday night and Sunday, but it appears to have been a 24 hour bug. I am so grateful that I didn't have anything worse. Not that it wasn't bad...it was really bad...but it's gone now and I'm almost back to 100%.

My kids are being pretty well behaved considering all the stress and mess. They are remembering what is packed up and have almost stopped asking for Play-doh and art supplies or craft projects because they are figuring out that we can't do those things until after they are unpacked. They sometimes let me get a little packing done during the day...as long as showering is not a priority for me everything should get done in time :)

My husband copes with stress by packing. This is really nice for me considering the fact that I can't STAND packing. Maybe that's why this whole process has to be so stressful for us.

My baby needs ME to hold her every waking moment that she is not being fed. That's nice, because I can't let her down on the floor anyway.

My dad reminded me last night, that this is the only time I will ever be a first time home-buyer. I never have to do this blindly again. That's a teensy bit comforting. Also, he said that in a week it will be over no matter what. I guess some day we can look back and laugh, right?

My girlies are THRILLED that Sesame Street has new episodes. That's good considering they have to watch it EVERY day for me to get anything done.

See, I'm trying to see the good. I may not be doing a very good job, but I sure am trying.