Still here!

Sorry it's been so long since I last posted. No pictures this time (I know, I know). We are in full-fledged packing mode now. We closed on our house, so we are renting it now until May 28. We have an apartment beginning May 22, so that's when we'll move out of here.

Chad's family was here for the weekend and we had a nice visit. We took them to see our lot and showed them some other homes that our builder has built so they could get an idea of what we're building. We also took Chad out for a belated birthday dinner. Lauren continues to tell him "Happy Birfday, Daddy!" about ten times a day for the past week. It's pretty cute.

After Chad's family left, we tore apart the guest room and boxed everything up. We took the bed apart and propped it against the wall to make room for boxes. We've also emptied the attic, which was pretty full. Oh, and I emptied a few kitchen cupboards and drawers of the non-essential items and got those boxed up as well. We only have three weekends left before the big move so we're kicking it in to high gear!

As for the new house, we close on the lot this Wednesday. Building permits will be applied for this week and we hope to break ground in early May. Stay tuned :)

Oh- and I promise to load new pictures this week. I have a TON of them to upload from my camera.

G'night!
Love,
M & L

Spring Time Fun :)

Uh, oh. Those shorts are too big and keep falling down. So what's a girl to do? Take 'em off!Fun at the zoo carousel.
I'm on spring break this week and we enjoyed a fun day at the zoo. Lauren loved the slide there and went down many, many times.
Lauren's new Rocket Dogs. Thanks Mimi :)She didn't like the peacock and kept saying "Pecan is too LOUD!"
Dancin' in the rain...Mimi and Boppa Lucas sent Lauren a set of figurines from Finding Nemo. She's totally in love with them and calls them "My guys". She even sleeps with them!Lauren's scrubs were a gift from Aunt Karlee. Too cute.

Aunt Karlee and Uncle Matt came for a night last weekend. Lauren had fun playing with them and doing a family favorite...baking brownies!

What's new with us? We close on our house Friday morning and will officially be renters until we move into our new home this fall. We've signed our building contract and are waiting to sign off on the final plans. Once we do that and have our formal loan committment, then we can break ground!

Lauren is talking like crazy and says the funniest things. When she noticed that the snow had melted, she said "Daddy do that?" "No honey, Daddy didn't melt all the snow." "Ho Ho do that?" "Um, no honey, Santa didn't melt it either." Too cute :)

She's on a roll with going potty on her big girl potty. She's been using it multiple times every day while I'm on break this week. I think she'll soon be wearing big girl underwear!

Have a great rest of your week!

Love,

M & L