Memorial Day Weekend

We haven't done anything fun so far for Memorial Day weekend, mostly because we have been trying to get the house in order to put on the market. Bobby finished the backyard: mulching, leveling our decorative bricks, getting the pond opened and looking nice, and weeding. I have been inside trying to touch up the paint on all the trim, trying to pack up some stuff, deep cleaned the kitchen and worked on the bathroom, and painted the front porch railings (took FOREVER!!!). The outside is looking nice, but the inside still needs a lot of de-cluttering.

However, when you have a husband like mine..that can be hard to do since he digs through the trash after I throw stuff away! Seriously, who does that?  He says I throw perfectly good stuff away. For example, yesterday I threw away candy from Christmas that neither of us liked...obviously since it's still in the cupboard...he dug that out (it was still in the box). Next, I threw away magnets that I made in college (the ones that you cut out magazine pictures, glue them to a fishbowl marble/stone, then glue a magnet on them and voila! you have a magnet) that no longer held things well to the refrigerator...he dug those out. Lastly, he picked out a chip clip magnet that I got for free at an OT convention that I no longer wanted. He's seriously crazy! He does this ALL the time, so from now on I should make sure I throw stuff away while he is at work and then cover it with something gross so he won't dig stuff out!  Can we say hoarders?! Therefore, de-cluttering may be difficult for Bobby since he obviously likes to keep EVERYTHING! I do admit that sometimes I do throw away stuff that should just be given to Goodwill, and I am working on it, but come on Bobby...stop digging stuff out of the trash! 

We put an offer on a new construction house built by high school students during the school year (obviously with close supervision of experienced teachers) on Thursday. Our offer gave the "committee" until 12(noon) Saturday to accept/reject/counter our offer. However, we will not know anything until late Tuesday afternoon/early evening since they don't have enough people for a quorum to vote since it's a holiday weekend. Needless to say, we were pretty bummed that we didn't get an answer yet, so we are patiently waiting! Since the house was built by the students, there is a committee that has to approve our offer. We are really excited because if we get this house, we get to pick out all the paint colors and appliances (all included in the purchase). The house has 3 bedrooms, 2 baths with a 3 car garage and super open concept like we have been looking for. It also has an unfinished basement that we plan on finishing, with 2 egress windows, so technically we could put 2 more bedrooms downstairs, but plan on only putting 1 downstairs when we get to the basement.

Our plan is to put our house up for sale this week if our offer is accepted on Tuesday! We are praying our house sells quickly once it's on the market!

Natalie has been so good during the whole process of getting our house ready, allowing Bobby and I to do quite a bit, except tonight she wouldn't let Bobby put her down for anything. She just wanted to have some 'daddy time.' Today, while I was painting the front porch railings, she started stirring in her nursery (she had fallen asleep on her belly after rolling over on her playmat) and when I went in to check on her, she was on her back. So, I think she will soon be not only rolling on her belly from her back (she does very easily now), but onto her back from her belly.

She is growing so fast!  She is also starting to grab/reach for toys on occasion as well! Oh, and I'm hoping we have the sleeping routine down for now because she is sleeping through the night again!  As I write this little tidbit, she has already been sleeping for 10 hours straight! She must have been one worn out little girl! We have been blessed with such a beautiful baby girl and I thank God every day for her!