Our New House

So I decided to make a list of all the things I'm looking forward to in my new house.  Just so you can get an idea of the vast differences between what I have now vs what I will have starting in July.

1.  NO TRAINS!!!!!  I cannot stress this enough.
2.  3100 sq ft.  We currently have 1200.
3.  3 bedrooms with possibilities in the basement.  We currently have 2.5.
4.  Master bath.  No more stairs in the middle of the night.
5.  Built in 1975, not 1910. 
6.  Crazy nice neighborhood.  No more dogs, orange houses or sirens.
7.  Creek running behind the yard.
8.  Our backyard faces a field, not an alley.
9.  Five minutes to Justin's work, as opposed to 45 min.
10.  Fire place, new carpet, a deck...
11.  Large finished basement with tons of extra rooms.
12.  The owners are leaving tons of furniture, some are antiques.  Granted, they are also leaving towels and bathmats but that's what garage sales are for right?
13.  Flat top stove.  COUNTER SPACE.
14.  Laundry off the kitchen.
15.  Attached, two car garage.  We currently have detached, almost one car garage.  It's too short for either of our cars.
16.  It is valued much higher than we are paying for it.
17.  Hall bathroom is large enough that Justin can sit on the floor and give Micah a bath.  The shower is also completely retiled, never been used.
18.  Master bedroom is humorphous.  Also, walk in closet :)
19.  Whenever I'm there I don't want to leave.
20.  Office/library in the basement.  With large antique desk.

Basically this is the house dreams are made of.  Granted the wood is all super dark, the backyard is not fenced in and the bushes in front of the house are like a mustache that has never been trimmed but I LOVE IT.  I cannot wait to start our new life in the beautiful new house.  Please come visit anytime.  We will be broke for awhile since we are losing so much money on this current house so there isn't going to be enough furniture and the wall paper throughout the house is hideous.  But you won't have to worry about waking Micah, we can cozy up in front of the fireplace.  Play some wii in the basement.  It makes me feel like I can take a deep breath, finally.

Thanks God.

Pictures will follow after we move in.

Baby Micah

I'm so completely infatuated with my little baby.  I'm so glad that God picked us to be his parents I feel so blessed by him.  He is so beautiful and sweet and funny.  Some days I just can't stop kissing his little squishy cheeks :)
Today while he was struggling with something new I was reminded how he used to hate holding his little head up, and then how he had a really hard time rolling over.  This morning he held a bottle in one hand a lid in the other and my heart just swells with pride as he placed it on top.  Amazing how fast he learns and grows.  How the things that seemed so hard before are completely natural to him now.  How the tricky things for him now seem so much more complicated the physical difficulties of being a baby.  I still want to help him or do things for him but I don't and it's so glorious when he does them himself.  I'm glad I get to experience this over and over. 

Starving!

My sister has been giving me a hard time lately because she thinks I'm getting skinnier each time she sees me.  I think it's mainly that she has a growing belly (being pregnant and all).  Also I think a large part of it is that I never get to eat as much as I would like.  I'm so hungry lately and Micah seems to be taking more and more of my food.  I know what you're thinking, that I should feed him first and then I can eat.  Well if you've ever met Justin and I, you know that in our younger days we never really were full.  We could eat 6 times a day and still have a snack before bed.  Well now we've created a mini version of ourselves.  Double the metabolism speed I swear.  Anyway all I want these days is to sit down at a nice restaurant, look slowly over the menu while I sip something sweet and fruity, maybe nibble on some appetizers or bread and then eat an entire bowl of pasta and find some corner of my belly for dessert.  I miss that...