We're Moving....Again!!

Yes, we are moving for the 4th time. This makes 5 years of marriage, and 4 different houses. This will be our 3rd time to move over a 31 month period of time. Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!! I do hope to one day live in a house for more than a few months at time! But, I am very thankful that we are moving again. A little background info. on all our moves:

House 1:


Our sweet little townhouse that we lived in for our first 2 years of marriage (our longest stretch to live in 1 place). We moved because we found out we were pregnant and wanted more room.

House 2:



This was the house we intended to stay in for a very long time. We had our son a few months after moving here, and then I asked Rodney if I could quit my job to stay at home with him. His answer was "yes, but we have to sell our house and downsize." I jumped at this idea. I would have done anything to stay home with my baby because he captured my heart and I felt like I was supposed to change careers and stay at home for a season.

House 3:


(this is not the best picture of our cute little house, but it is the only one I had!)
We moved here so I could stay at home with Beau. A few months after we moved, my Mom went through some major health problems. Rodney told me one night that he thought we should move her in with us. (what a great husband to want to take care of his mother in law!). I agreed, but we knew our cute, little 3 bedroom/1 bath house would not be big enough for us all.

House 4:




This is a temporary 1 year move for us. We are renting this wonderful house until our other house sells. This house will allow us to live upstairs with plenty of room and my mom can have the "mother in law" suite downstairs with plenty of room. Then, we can save and find or build somewhere for mom and us to move that we can actually really live in for a long, long time!

***This is why I have been a terrible blogger recently....we have been looking at real estate online, going to look at homes, cleaning our current home for showings, etc.... Hopefully, in October, with the move behind us, we will have more time to breath and relax!***

Riding the Bike

Beau got his red bicycle (tricycle technically) for his 2nd birthday from Memie and Super. He loves to ride it...he started off only being able to pedal backwards, but can now pedal forwards too! We have not let him ride it on the street yet because we did not have a helmet for him to wear when riding. Saturday, I went to a friend's baby shower and Rodney took Beau to get a helmet. They came home with a helmet, knee pads, and elbow pads too! Beau was wearing all of it while sitting in his highchair eating lunch. It was too cute! Here are a few pictures of him riding his bike...

A Fun Filled Sunday!

We usually have pretty relaxing Sundays around our house. We go to church, and drop Beau off in the nursery, come back home and we play, eat lunch, take naps, and play some more. This past Sunday, we decided to go to the mall after Beau woke up from his afternoon nap. I heard that they opened a new Lego store and wanted Beau to check it out. We all got on the carousel first and realized that Beau no longer likes it. I had to hold him as we stood beside the horse on the carousel. He would "pet" the horse, but not ride on him. I guess we will be saving our $5 or however much the carousel ride is from now on! Then, we made our way to the Lego store. (I am not sure who was more excited...Rodney or Beau!)Rodney and Beau put together a Lego man while I picked out a small present for Beau. Then, we went to the Auburn store so Beau could pet the Auburn tiger (HUGE stuffed animal tiger). Then, to the Disney store and our last stop was the Build-A-Bear store. Beau loved to watch the bears get stuffed with fur, get a heart, and get washed. He has not stopped talking about it since! We told him for Christmas he could get his own bear. We made it through all those stores and only spent $10 total. We finished up the night by eating at Jason's Deli....one of Beau's faves because he knows he gets ice cream after his meal!

This nursery picture was from a few weeks ago, but I love opening his bag every week to see his picture and talk about what he learned
I love pictures of him sleeping....so sweet and still!
They had several buckets where you could pick out legos to build your own Lego person
The finished product
Resting on all the Disney store stuffed animals