SOLD!!!

Just wanted to let you all know that we have offically SOLD our house here in IN!! God is awesome! It was on the market for 2 months, and the 3 showing we had made an offer! Actually, the second showing liked it as well, but she had to do a 1 yr contract...no thanks. We just found out today that our house just passed the inspection and the buyer had nothing else it needed to negotiate, so as of right now, we close on April 6! The only little glitch with it selling this quickly is that we will have to find temporary housing until June. Thankfully, I work with a teacher that has two homes and is allowing us to use one of them....fully furnished! Another praise! So, the next step is for us to start looking for a new home in MN. We are checking out the Eagan/ Rosemount area. We will actually be flying up there April 3-5 to do some serious house searching. We hoping for the best! We'll keep you posted at the pages continue to turn!

The Kids

Just wanted to jot some quick notes about the kids...


Kallie:
- She has learned to write her name pretty well now...still working on the "e"!
- We can't believe how much she has grown. She will definitely be a taller one when she starts school in a couple years.
- She has done a pretty good job adjusting to adding Liam to the family. We do have to watch her every once and a while, though, as she likes to pick him up a lot!
- She loves to put on concerts and sing/dance for the fam!
- She is still really in to the Disney princesses.
- Other hobbies....learning her numbers and letters, playing board games, playing Littlest Pet Shop, Barbies, and My Little Ponies. She also enjoys coloring a lot as well.
- We are blessed to see how well she has started to retain the Bible stories she's been hearing...definitely gets that from her dad!


Liam:
- His biggest accomplishment has been his walking. He has almost got it down to a little job now! So cute!
- He has been drinking soy milk. The dr. recommended it at least until he's two. She says it's best for him since he was so sensitive as a baby. We have officially removed the reflux medicine too. He does a great job of drinking out of his sippy cups...no more bottles!
- His vocabulay isn't too great yet, but every once and a while we can pick words out! It will be fun to see how that develops!
- He has seven front teeth and is now cutting a molar. Hopefully the rest aren't far behind.
- He is quite funny...he basically sucks on his tongue for his soothing mechanism. He also puts his sleeve up to his nose. I wonder how long that will last.
- One of our favorite things in this house his hearing our sweet Liam's belly laugh. It sure can make a dark day turn bright! It is way too precious. I can only hope you all will be blessed to hear it some day!!
- He is a great eater. There isn't much that he will turn down. We don't serve him any dairy, so he's limited in that department. Amazingly, for all that he eats, he is a light boy, within the 15th percentile. On the other hand, he height is around 97 percent!

Just a little blurp on my kids for those who don't seem them often. I'll try and keep you posted with more info!

Liam's #1

Enjoying his birthday breakfast

Sitting with Grandma opening his presents

With all his cousins

Wasn't too sure what to think of the cake, or our singing!

Back in IN opening other gifts

Practicing his hoops!

Okay, so it's pretty pathetic that it's been over a month since his birthday and I'm just now posting! Go figure. My poor children! Liam enjoyed spending his first birthday at Gma and Gpa Moores in MN. The kids spent the week with them. We had a good time doing a birthday breakfast for him before heading back to IN. He was joined by all his cousins for his birthday....pretty special because Kallie hasn't even had the opportunity for that yet! We went with a John Deere theme. Special thanks to Uncle Stan and Aunt Heather who were wonderful cooking the breakfast that morning. What a blessing! He seemed to enjoy opening his gifts. He liked tearing the paper! It was great to see that he was walking around during his birthday as well! How quickly he's grown! We have been so blessed to have Liam in our lives this past year. I can only hope and pray that we will be given many, many more years to celebrate with our little man. We love him so very much! Thanks for being a wonderful part of our lives Liam!

The Cruise

Ready for cruisin'!

The ship

A view from afar of our Norwegian Sky!

These crazy seagulls made me feel like I was in the movie The Birds! They definitely knew a cruise ship was well stocked with food!

A view of Miami as we were leaving!

This is the boat we took on our tour. Yikes! We had to evacuate the upper deck!

Atlantis Resort....BEAUTIFUL!

A rare sighting of their octopus! I guess he's usually pretty shy and not many get to see him.

Hanging out at Great Stirrup Cay...Norwegian's private island.

A shot of the Cay from the ship.

A shot of Nassau.

The week of Feb. 9, Jim and I were given the opportunity via his company to go on a cruise. This is the second one we've gotten to do since being with this company, and we've enjoyed every minute of it! It was a pretty crazy time, though. The weekend before, we drove the kids up to MN to stay with Gpa and Gma Moore for the week. What a blessing it was to have them available to help out! Love you guys! We cruised on the Norwegian Sky and went to the Bahamas Monday through Friday of that week. We enjoyed the weather being in the 70's for the week. Our stops included activities such as a glass bottom boat 3 hr. tour, a visit to Atlantis Resort, and just some fun in the sun at the beach and some shopping. I could have done without the boat tour. The water was WAY too rough and I was ready to turn around after the first ten minutes! Thankfully, I wasn't one of the five that threw up on the tour! The Altantis Resort was unbelievable! If you ever have the chance to go see it, do it. Don't plan on staying in the bridge suite, though, because it's booked for 5 years out!...although my guess is that you probably won't want to pay the 25,000 dollar a night price either!! We did enjoy the tour of the facility, though, and saw some pretty neat marine life. We flew back to MN on Friday, the same day as our Liam's 1st birthday. The hard part was that we didn't get there until almost his bedtime too. Oh well, at least I got to see him for part of the day. We did a birthday breakfast for him the next day with my family before hitting the road back to IN. I feel bad jipping him a little bit on his first birthday, but I guess he doesn't know any better!! The kids enjoyed their time with family. It was definitely an adjustment for me to be away from my kids. The was the first time I had every spent the night away from Liam, and only the third time from Kallie. It's amazing how you get used to having them be a part of your nightly routine. I felt like I kept forgetting to do something! It was a crazy week, but a fun one.