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Thursday, March 4, 2010

PTL!!!!

Can I just say YAY!!!! I paid off my son today! Nobody can come and reposess him now (lol). I thank the Lord that he made it possible for us to do the IVF. Looking at things on paper we would have said there's no way we could afford it, but the Lord provided and we give him all the glory. If God is leading you to do something go ahead and trust and do what he's telling you. He will make a way.

House number two pics...

Second great room and pantry

First great room with wood burning fireplace

Kitchen

Back of house

Another view of house

House number two...

House number two is older but it's "antique" looking on the inside. The plusses are that it is huge(!!!) It has two great rooms, the kitchen is totally new with really nice cabinets and ceramic tile. The minuses are that it has carpet through alot of the house and it really needs to be replaced. The realtor said "oh you can just throw a rug on that for now" but I'm gonna have a little man crawling around on the carpet and he eats everything and the carpet is really gross. This whole house would need to be painted on the inside, it needs alot more work than house number one. If we had to choose right now we'd choose number one, but we're keeping this one in mind for the future. With us waiting on our house to sell these both may sell before that. (My mountain house has sold already) We're just praying because if it's God's will for us to get a house he will work it out.

House number one pics...

The great room with fireplace

The backyard (behind the fence I guess)

House hunting...

Well, I went out with the realtor yesterday and saw a few houses. I can usually tell pretty fast if I'm gonna like a house or not. This house is one we saw yesterday. I will post more pictures of the inside after this post. I did not actually care for this house too much when I first saw it. Mainly because the kitchen is very outdated and it is in a very expensive neighborhood, so it needs a few upgrades and even at a reduced price is still on the higher side of our price range. The countertops are OLD and really ugly and the master bathroom is pink and cream (eeew!) but it has over a half acre of land and it has a big pond right behind it. The backyard is fenced which is good. When Jeremy saw the house he really liked it, and once I went in it a second time (Jeremy got off work and met us there) I saw that it didn't need as much work as I had originally thought. This is a huge house and it is in a very pretty location. We'll see what happens. We've got to sell our house first (please pray!) If we could sell our house we'd definitely be interested in this one.

Tuesday, March 2, 2010

First post as a Georgian...lol

O.k. y'all. I've tried to post pictures from most of the big events that have happened in the last few weeks. Can you tell I've had a little bit of blogger withdrawls? Jakob would do something cute and I'd want so badly to post it, but had no internet, or no time! Glad my good friend is back. Home doesn't seem quite so far away when I can view Facebook. :) We are now residing in Cartersville. Leaving home was soooo much harder than I thought it would be. I actually did really well until the day we left. I think we were so busy running around trying to get the house ready and make sure we had everything we needed I didn't have time to think about actually leaving. Yes, I did cry off and on the whole way to Georgia. When I walked into the apartment and saw all the boxes and stuff piled around the living room I cried again. I felt so totally overwhelmed. Didn't I just do all this packing??? And now I have to unpack again. (please forgive my whining, but I am being real here) The first couple of days this place seemed more like a hotel than a home. It just felt generic, like you should be here a couple weeks and then leave. Not knowing when we'll be able to leave made it a little harder to be here I think. I don't have anything against apartments, but it's hard to go from a house back down to an apartment. Not to mention most of our belongings are in storage, so we have to make due with what we have for now. We've had to make a couple trips to Wal-mart for things that you just cannot do without. (broom, soap, microwave) I have had to get used to hearing footsteps overhead all night long, I think our upstairs neighbor works swings or something, they just get to moving around about 6 or 7 o'clock at night. Our poor neighbors have heard their share of Jakob screaming which we found out today was because of his ear infection. In my own house we would only worry about the baby, not about whether our neighbors will turn us in for being noisy all night long. The second day here I cried all day long. I just couldn't get a hold of myself. Every thought of home, or family, or friends just made me cry all over again. I wanted to go back. I hated the fact that we took Jakob away from his grandparents and aunts. Family is the most important thing to me. It's funny how you don't appreciate things until they're gone. I miss my cute little house. I miss the ability to hop in the car whenever I feel like it and go see my mom. -I know this post is soooo depressing right?- It wasn't until the second day when me and Jeremy sat down and talked that I got a change of perspective. While I sat and grieved, and I was sad, I didn't stop to think that maybe Jeremy was sad too. I just figured he's a guy and guys aren't that attached to many things and he's just fine. Well, he wasn't. He missed home too. He wondered if we did the right thing bringing Jakob here away from grandparents and aunts and church family. On top of that he is still dealing with the fact that he had to leave a job he loved because his "friends" (his bosses at Jackson Guard) didn't see him as important enough to keep. Of course in men these things don't manifest themselves in uncontrolable fits of tears, but I saw that we were both feeling the same way. We agreed that the time will come when we can go home again, but for now we are gonna experience some new things in life, and we will adjust and be o.k. From that time till now I've been alot better. I have almost broken down once or twice...when Jakob's been so unhappy and fussy I wished I had someone to help me out and let me take a nap (spoiled, i know) When we visited our first church we got to talking about home and our little house and I started to cry, but quickly dried the tears and moved on. I think my sister is right when she told me that you find out you're much stronger than you ever thought you were through things like this. I'm trying to lean on God and trust him to make me strong and grow me through this situation. If you are a military kid, or just like to move you probably think i'm a baby, but this is major stuff for me. I swore I'd never leave Florida. Things are looking up for me. The past couple of days I've been to town shopping and today running Jakob to the doctor and to the pharmacy. Knowing that my baby will be feeling better soon helps me feel encouraged, as well as knowing sleep is in my future :) We're gonna enjoy living here in Georgia, and I'm already learning valuable lessons that I will keep with me no matter where I go. Love you all and will try to blog about my "house hunting " experiences on Wednesday!

Teething biscuits...needs no explanation :)

Six months old...

So this is what our monthly pictures now consist of... Jakob sees the paper and wants to hold it and bite it, so mommy has to keep taking it away from him and trying again and again to get a picture that will go in his baby book. He is a busy little boy. I love him so much and thank the Lord that six months ago Jakob entered my world.