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JUNK!

I spent three days, ALL DAY, cleaning out junk and clutter... trying to stage their house to get ready to sell. We took 4 huge loads to give away and packed up a ton of boxes and had them and some furniture moved to a storage unit. They did close on their house here on Thursday so I am READY for them to be here but they want to keep all their furniture in the house to help it sell. BUT we had to do some work to get it "show ready" (see pictures below). I am totally worn out and need another vacation to recuperate from this one... The only room that got totally finished was the living room. I am glad I was able to help them but I am glad to be home.

Their cute house...

Before:

After:

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After:


Their precious dog Prissy... She loves to eat their broom. She is a precious fluffy doggy and I wanted to bring her home. I am glad she will be living close by soon!!


Sorry this picture is not in focus, but my dad does not really know how to use my SLR camera.

Headed West...

Tomorrow I head west... to Texas. I will be there until Friday. I am going to help my parents de-clutter their house and get it "show ready" so they can go ahead and list it. Before I head out of town I do their final walk through on their house here. I am SO READY for them to move here!!

TJ's mom is coming to help TJ. We are all excited and Karoline cannot wait for GiGi to get here. She promised Karoline cupcakes! So I ask that you pray for my travel and that we will get a lot finished!! Here are a few pictures before I leave...

One of my new friends, Amanda, has two precious children. Hannah is 4 and Grayson is almost 3. Grayson is in Karoline's class at school and they also live on our street. Karoline LOVES playing with them. Grayson would not stop playing for a picture but I did get Hannah and Karoline looking at a Dora book. Isn't she so cute!

Fun playing at home...


Anderson thought it was so funny trying to put this ball through the small hoop!




Oh she loves to get dressed up... Dora elbow pads and all!


Also, there will be a new post on the Wellspring Blog Monday morning (tomorrow). Check it out...

PASSED!

I PASSED my State Reat Estate Test today!!!!!!!! I have had the MOST stressful week. It has been so hard with TJ gone to get ready for this test. I am just SO happy to have it behind me. My broker signed my paper work and it has been sent off to the state. I should start working when I get back from Texas...

Here are some pictures from the week.... TJ is at the C3 conference in Dallas, TX so we are missing him... I hope he enjoys the pictures.

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Happy Valentines Day!

We had a great Valentines Day. It started out with TJ making the family banana pancakes! YUMMY! Then I got ready for a Valentines lunch with some great gals! We ate at PF Chang. I came home and got back into my PJ's (yeah!) and relaxed with my family the rest of the day. We made cupcakes and TJ cooked dinner... TJ really cooked all day actually! It was a great, relaxing day!

Checking out the gifts and cards... Karoline especially loved the PBK placemats and plates my mom got them (for her house once they move). They have the cutest animals on them and Karoline LOVES animals. She also loved The Little Mermaid DVD we got her. Anderson got some books and a pair of shoes.

The reason for this picture... I never want to forget this. When we eat pancakes Karoline always asks "Put some North Pole on mine please"... she calls the syrup "North Pole" because of the picture!




Cupcake Time




Karoline's big KISS she made at school.

Change

Oh, THREE is coming!



Our little Princes is going through a change. It has been quite difficult on me. Parenting is the ultimate roller coaster! We pretty glided through the twos but three is very different. I know she is less than a month away from her birthday but it has already begun. Here is what this morning was like.

- Woke up happy when I walked in the room
- Mad two seconds later... she's mad! She no longer was in love with the Valentines Day shirt I got her for preschool today. She was crazy over it yesterday.
- She was mad because she didn't want the pants I had out for her to wear. She wanted to wear a stripped shirt as pants!
- She was mad at me for brushing her hair. She said "You are pulling it all out Mommy!!"
- She was mad that we were out of eggs and she was given oatmeal. This fit went on for about 15 minutes.
- She was mad that she had to go to the bathroom before getting in the car.
- She was mad because we were going in the "big car" and not the "little car"
- She was mad because I was helping her get in her car seat. She wanted to clip her car seat by herself (which she CANNOT do!)
- She then started crying on the way to preschool because she was mad that Anderson was still in his pajamas!!! She wanted him in clothes.
- She was happy when they took her out of the car!

I am in the process of figuring out how to DEAL with all the madness (literally!). If you know of any good parenting books please give me suggestions! I know this is common and as my friend Emily said, it really is a good thing because they are learning to be their own self and it is part of development. I totally understand I just want to make sure I am teaching her how to handle controlling her emotions (somewhat at least!). Thankfully I know I am not alone on this ride. God has blessed me with wonderful friends from coast to coast who are riding this roller coaster with me. Please pray for wisdom in how to handle my wonderful child! Mostly pray for me to keep my cool.

Here are some pictures from after preschool showing off her goodies. They had their Valentines Day party today.




This little man is changing too. I think we might be finished with the morning nap. I am okay with this... I actually can get a lot more done when I don't have to be home for nap time twice a day.


I can't say enough how excited I am that TJ's coming home today!

How We Have Survived Part 1

Friends!
God has blessed us with amazing friends already! We went to dinner with the Franks yesterday at Moe's, had a play date this morning and then met a whole group of people at Chick-Fil-A. It was so much fun. Karoline and Anderson were worn out! And we have more friends that invited us over for dinner tonight. I am SO thankful for God blessing me with these AMAZING women who have the most wonderful children too. Here are some pictures of our time with our friends...

Becca and Emma Claire...

Karoline and Emma Claire...

Mr. Mark and Evan playing with Anderson...

Evan and Karoline playing at our house on the swing...

Fun at Chick-Fil-A...




Okay, I know these don't have anything to do with friends, BUT Karoline slept with me for the FIRST time since she was 2 weeks old!! It was so fun. I always remember it being fun to get to sleep in my mom's room when dad was out of town so I thought it might be fun to start. It was fun... AND she didn't wet her diaper last night!! This is also a first and I am excited. I don't know how to night time potty train.




Part two is below...