Kids and the things they say

3 year olds crack me up sometimes, although not always in a good way. I asked Max to play with Alex this morning. I told him Alex loves his big brother and wants to walk and talk so he can play and keep up with him. Max's response was "I don't want to play with him. When I don't want him anymore I can just drown him and then go to the hospital and get a sister." UGH! I told him he should never want anyone to drown because that means dying and it's forever. He's been talking about drowning alot since we started swimming this summer, and "killing" because he saw some cartoon talking about it on TV. I need to watch what he's watching more closely I guess. Anyway, after we had our talk about him being mean to his baby brother and how it's not nice to want people to die, he said we'll go to the hospital and give Alex back. But then we'll get the same Alex we just had and a sister! He slays me!! So funny and innocent sometimes. I told him if he wants a sister that bad he just needs to talk to his daddy cuz daddy says "No more babies!"

Oh, and I was so busy yesterday I completely forgot to mention, but we finally have a contract on our house! Took long enough. They guy is offering full asking price but wants us to pay $9000 in closing. We decided to take that in case no one else were to make an offer, but it sure puts us in a tight spot needing to come up with a ton of money in order to sell. We shorted ourselves on the asking price too to be competitive with our price. Thankfully I should be able to cash out my retirement from Marriott, we'll just have to figure out where to get a few thousand extra.

I'm going to South Bend this weekend to see Tim and we have an appointment for Monday with the realtor there to look at houses. Hopefully we can get a loan pre-approved quickly and make an offer somewhere. I'd like to close in both places around the same time so we can get everything moved! I can't begin to tell you how excited I am that we will be living in the same state again, and the same house at that! Yay!!!

Kids are fussing now so I guess I have to cut it short here. I'll update as we go along though and let you know when we find a new house.

A few videos and Pictures

Here is Alex saying No-No


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and here he is learning to go down the steps in the camper. He had done it too many times before we started videoing so he wasn't all that into it, but he's doing really well.

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And Max the other day camping. I forgot to mention he had a horrible day on Saturday. He didn't want to nap for anything. Threw a tantrum on the floor and that is where he finally napped.

That's all I've got for now, but I'll try to be back later!

Back home again

and Tim is giving me crap about being a bad blogger so I knew it was time to get in here and post again.

In addition to being a maniac climber, Alex gets into everything. I have to keep rearranging my mom's living room as he gets taller and can destroy more things. His newest victim is the telephone stand. I finally had to move the phone itself because he keeps unplugging it. My calm, laid back baby has become a monster. He doesn't have the energy level that Max had/has, but he sure does get into more. "They" say that every kid is different and boy is that true. Sometimes he does the cutest things though. In addition to shaking his head no when he doesn't want anymore to eat, or when he does something wrong, he will also say "Na Na Na" which I assume translates to No No No. It cracks me up. Max was two before he learned that word. I consider it the first word for Alex.

Max is hilarious lately too. He just gets smarter and smarter. Sometimes I worry that he'll be too smart for certain aspects of school, but behind in areas such as listening and sitting still. Either way, I think he's going to have a tough time, either being bored or in trouble. He amazes me daily with his new stories and antics though. He is so looking forward to preschool, and I hate to tell him, but that might get put on hold. First off, I still don't have the kids medical records. They should be here any day, but they have not arrived yet. Secondly, I'm homesick as all heck and I think I'm going back to Virginia. At least for a few weeks.

We had someone look at the house on Friday evening and she loved it. Her husband is out of town until next Sunday though. According to their realtor, they want to get him in there ASAP if it is still available. I'm hoping that means good news, and if they do put an offer on it, we'll take it as long as we can. It also means I'll just head back to VA to get packing up the last few things and hang out there saying goodbye for real this time to friends and neighbors. My friend Laura has recently had a baby that I want to meet. My neighbor Kelly has a daughter Alex's age that I'd like to see again as well. Plus, I just miss everyone and it's making me crazy. I know I can't go for too long because I've grown accustomed to seeing Tim every few weeks, but it feels like the end of this limbo might finally be coming. At least I hope so because I don't know how much longer I can go on living in a different state.

We are going to South Bend on Saturday so I'm quite looking forward to that. Tim has to work odd days this coming week, but we'll manage. I just need to be with him right now, and I think the kids do too. My mood has been horrible and I'm sure its rubbing off on everyone. There are almost no hours to pick up at the hospital and my baby sitter is going back to school anyway so now seems like a good time to get away for awhile.

I'm sure there is more that I'm missing, but I'm getting really tired and both boys are sleeping. You'd think I would have learned to sleep when they do, but I just like my "me" time. If I get to bed now, though, I might just get 7 hours tonight!! Talk to everyone soon!!

We're camping again

And man is it cold here! It dropped down to 39 overnight last night. Alex woke up with freezing fingers and ears. Max, though, was toasty warm. I don't get how he stays so hot, but he kept me warm so I'm not complaining.

The campground that my parents stay at is a private park with full hook-ups, cable, and even internet. I could really learn to love this place. Ever night at 8 they do something special with the kids. Last night it was a hay ride around the park with a movie to follow. I took Max on the hay ride and he had a blast. Alex stayed home to get a bath and keep warm. I think tonight is ice cream so I'm sure we'll be heading up to the office for that.

The kids had me up at 6:00 this morning. Yikes! I'd love to go back to sleep, but we are all up now and my mom has friends coming in a few hours so I should probably getting cleaning and straightening up. I have a feeling if it's only going to be a high of 71 today that we'll head into town and go shopping.

After being away for awhile, we've had breakfast and cleaned up the camper. In a few minutes we are heading outside. I may post again later today, but don't be surprised if you don't hear from me ;)

Alex's newest stunt

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I am so in trouble!!

Not much time to post now, but I wanted to say HI! I've been really bummy lately about the whole living situation and missing Tim. The boys have been keeping me busy too. I have to work all day tomorrow and then we are heading up to Lelanau to camp with my parents for the weekend. I'm sure I'll have tons of pictures from that.

Oh, I do have some good news. I called the catholic school system here in Bay City. They have preschool openings at the grade school I went to. Not sure where I'll get the money, but I plan on filling out the registration papers over the weekend and enrolling Max next week. He'll go on Monday and Wednesday mornings for as long as we are living here. He's pretty excited, although he doesn't get why we can't go right now. It will at least get him out of the house and with other kids his age a few hours a week. Good for all of us I'm sure!

Tonight we are heading to Chris and Russ's for pizza and then going to Muscle Beach for ice cream. I can't wait!! Talk to you soon!