~ September 2007 Update ~

Our house in Georgia is SOLD! Yay! Closing was on Monday. The movers came and packed the house up in five hours. They don't mess around. They were in and out in no time at all. Loading the truck took much longer though. The loaders that came on Tuesday had to park across the street from the house. With the street busy from school traffic, it took extra time for the loaders to get back and forth. So the hardest part of the move is done. The long drive is over :) My mom kept Jae Anna for us while we were in GA. This made our trip much easier. Jae Anna is really hard to contain and it was better to not have her at the house under every one's feet. Our precious puppies made the trip just fine. No one vomited, so that makes it a success.

Poor Tim has strep throat. He started feeling bad last Thursday, but thought he could fight off the illness. He's been miserable the entire trip. I did talk him into seeing a doctor on Sunday morning. He got an antibiotic, but he said it doesn't seem to be helping that much. I think he's starting to feel better slowly. Jae Anna and I have not picked up the virus from him, thankfully. Even though I accidentally drank after him a few times on the trip. Keeping my fingers crossed.... Strep makes you want to roll over and die from what I remember anyhow.

Tomorrow we close on our new house and I can't wait to get the keys! Our furniture and things won't arrive till Saturday, but we'll be taking our air mattress and two bean-bag chairs over there tomorrow night and call it home. After sitting on the floor for three months, I can manage a few more days :) Charlie and Ruby are with us in the apartment tonight. We tried to quietly sneak them in, but they've been barking when they hear the neighbors walk above us. Ruby is a nervous wreck when we take her outside to "do her business"... so she won't "do it". Hoping she doesn't have any accidents in the house. Between Jae Anna chewing the windowsill, Tim spilling a drink on the wall, and stained carpet from where Jae Anna's sippy cups leak... we might as well have paid a pet deposit.

Okay... Now for a quick 16 month update on our big girl:

She loves to sing. We have a CD of children's praise songs in the car and when we turn that on, she'll sing along with the music. Of course she's not singing the words, but she loves to try. It's very, very cute.

I make a funny face at her when we're playing and now she makes that face when she's feeling silly. She'll squint her eyes almost closed, but peek out of one eye. I'll have to try and catch a picture of her making the face. It's also very, very cute.

She's been a bit of a bully on the playground lately. She likes to stand at the bottom of the toddler sliding board and make sure no else uses it. Of course I'm trying to teach her to share and take turns, but we haven't mastered the sharing skill, yet. I'm guessing this will take some time for her to grasp.

She's trying to say lots of new words. There are a lot of things she can say, but she doesn't use the words repeatedly. She also is starting to speak some baby jibberish. I love listening to her read a book. She'll jibber-jabber and point as if she's reading the story.

Okay, I could continue to gush about what a sweet baby girl I have, but I've got to get to bed!