Update...

Okay, so we moved into our house on June 29th, 2010. We had exactly ONE day to move ALL of our stuff, then we had ONE day the next day to clean the townhouse. We had to be out by the 1st of July. It was a stressful, horribly chaotic time, and now thankfully, it is all a not too distant nightmare. The good news is, we live in a brand new home now! The first night we were in the house, all I wanted to do was take a nice hot bath and soothe my poor aching muscles. I go to start the water, and only a trickle comes out. Not only that, but when I ask my husband to go turn off the sprinklers(suspected to be the culprit of the low water pressure), he turns them off, water pressure returns to normal, but guess what? No hot water. I could've cried. It's these little quirks in the first few days that have me smiling now. Only because it's all over! :) Since then we have done some settling in. I have done painting, and my dear husband has done most of the unpacking, including(ladies please don't drool) unpacking and hanging up all my clothes and arranging all my shoes in the walk-in closet. What a man! We have hung up curtains so we are no longer living in a fish bowl. We have installed an air conditioner so we are no longer living in an oven. I haven't taken many pics yet. Still so much work to finish. I painted Meg's room with stripes, pics to come... and I painted Nick's room in a Mario theme, pic below. I also got started on the guest bathroom with some stenciling. In the mean time, my poor 8 yr old dog, has gotten hit with 2 sets of porcupine quills, and gotten sprayed by a skunk, meanwhile, my husband and I learned that if you cut the end of the quill off it deflates the quill and it will usually come out easier, not to mention that 1 qt of peroxide, to 1/4 cup baking soda to 1 tbsp dish detergent will get the skunk smell out of your pet.(consequently, NOT your garage, if you chose to store said pet in there over night while you figured out what to do) SO many things to learn! Meanwhile, the kids have really enjoyed being able to freely ride their bikes and climb on the awesome dirt pile in the back yard. All in all, it has been a pretty good time for all when I am not pulling out my hair because the kids are telling me they are bored for the 5oth time, lol. Also, last weekend, we had a special treat with Chad's biological son Mason, who is soon to be 11, and his family coming to visit us for an evening full of good, wild fun complete with Wii Just Dance, mini-motorcycles, and S'mores. This is Nickolas' half brother, and we couldn't help but notice the resemblance.(pic below)... Nickolas also took quite the spill on his bicycle this evening, and the front teeth that he worked so hard and waited so long to grow in, got chipped. After a trip to the dentist, we were reassured the tooth probably wouldn't die, and that the chip can be fixed! *phew* Meanwhile, Nick seemed to be scraped from head to toe with a big goose egg on his head to top it all off. After cleaning and bandaging him up, he is doing better tonight, but seemed really relieved to go to bed. Tomorrow it is off to camping with my mother and sis for the weekend for Braeden, Serena and Nickolas. Should be a fun time for the kids. Personally, I think the adults are brave for taking them! Will post an update with more pics as soon as I get a little more settled in. In the meantime, hope everybody enjoys the sun! :)



Nick's Mario themed room



Nick and his half-brother Mason! Look at those smiles! :)