Crazy times

Today we made our first mortgage payment. NOW it feels like we're officially homeowners. It's crazy! Here are some pictures of what we've been up to. Since we budgeted well when it came to our down payment, we ended up having the funds for a brand new washer and dryer. I was excited to do laundry! I'm sure that will change eventually. Levi was just as excited, because now we have 2 BIG boxes he gets to play with. Daddy made them more Levi-friendly. We've since connected the two boxes with a smaller box, so Levi has to go in one and crawl through a small tunnel to get into the other one.

I also found a killer deal on a new play yard. PLUS I had a 20% coupon that was actually sent to the previous homeowners. We needed another play yard in case we travel after the baby is born. It's a 3 stage play yard, so it works as a newborn napper, bassinet, and eventually a regular play yard. The newborn napper has a switch that allows it to unlock and turn over and become a changing area. This will substitute as our little girls sleeping arrangements while she's in our room in the first few weeks. We don't plan on transitioning Levi out of his crib just yet, our pediatrician recommended when he's two since he's not trying to climb out of his crib yet. Even then, Daddy plans on making Levi's toddler bed so the baby will inherit the crib. 

Daddy putting the play yard together.

Small Update

We're basically moved in. There are still like 8 or 9 small boxes that haven't been unpacked because they're just books. (church related, old school books, novels, etc). We'll probably turn the upstairs loft into an office/library/playroom/guest bedroom. It's plenty big enough.

We also moved into an AWESOME ward. There are so many young couples its ridiculous. Some have kids, some don't but everyone is basically within 10 years of each other. We've already made some friends so we're pretty happy about that.

Tim has been temporarily working 3rd shift lately, and it's messing our schedules up a lot.
Levi has turned into a monster. He's very impatient and gets upset easily when he doesn't get his way. If I'm not making lunch fast enough it's the END OF THE WORLD. So we're working on "waiting" and he seems to be doing better. So glad he's not in a toddler bed because time out in his room really helps my sanity some days (That's when I have the energy to carry him upstairs)
As for me, I'll be 32 weeks this Saturday. We're officially less than 2 months away! Sleeping is getting harder and she likes to sit right on my hip bone when I'm sitting. Just glad everything is going well. I am going to a dermatologist though. My doc saw a mole on my back and wants me to get it checked out. Hopefully it's nothing big, fingers crossed.

Bits of happiness

So Levi is talking so much more and he's sooo smart. He's finally getting over his frustration phase where he can't tell us what he wants. We obviously still have the occasional fits, but he's doing much better. Levi can now say all of his ABC's with just visual and no verbal help from us. He does forget  "E" sometimes and we have to remind him. And sometimes "P" comes out like "pete!"

We're working on numbers now and he's got most of them down but has a hard time with 4 and 5 because of the "f" sound. He also says "thank you" without being asked. In fact, I don't even expect it sometimes and after I've given him cereal or a sandwich out comes "tank toooo" and it makes me SO happy.

Colors are a different story, he hasn't grasped the concept yet.

Got the keys!

We got our keys yesterday, spent the afternoon just walking around the house taking it all in. There are a few places we need to touch up and clean but we don't mind. We did technically get the house 5 days earlier than what was in the agreement with the seller.

Since some family and friends don't have or rarely check Facebook, here's the link to the pictures to the house. (They are much easier uploaded to FB than Blogger)

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