Mans Best Friend!!

Max had 2 great accomplishments tonight. We were going out for dinner and to run some errands, so we put Max out his dog door as we were leaving. We have been coaxing him through with treats to help him master it. I have been thinking that one of these times when we get home, we wil find him inside. Tonight was the night.

About a week ago I discovered a mouse in our storeroom in the basement. We have had our trap set with no success. As I turned our light on tonight as I heard Max run to greet me, there lay the mouse, dead across the room!! Max caught himself a mouse!! He was quite proud of his double accomplishment and eagerly accepted the treat we gave to reward him.

He has been such a great dog and family member over the 11 years we have had him. He saved me twice in Texas from getting stung by scorpions, he always alerts us when something is amiss, and has been wonderful accepting Caleb and Elton into his household. Bravo Max!!

At The End Of A Long Day

I would have to say you can call it good at the end of the day when everyone in the house gets their bubble bath!! Elton and I had ours too. Then everyone is ready for bed and there is nothing else to worry about for the rest of the day. I'm sorry I didn't get this posted last night.

I love being in town!

Today I was supposed to work a 12 hour shift, but got put on call this morning. I already had the kids booked into daycare, so I decided I would put some hours in at my office. I worked until 12:30, clocked out, headed home and then went for sushi for lunch with Dan. The only drawback is that I'm so full that I don't feel like unpacking anything. I have a really bad nap aura, but know I have too much to get done and would not be able to justify lying down. Guess I will just have to tough it out!

I helped organize a "Baby Safety Event" between the hospital and Lowe's that we held on Saturday. The local new station showed up unexpectedly and did a clip. They edited out quite a bit, but I was actually on the 10:00pm news on Saturday for about 30 seconds. They even had my name and position posted on the TV screen when I was talking. That is pretty exciting for this household.

Back Online!!

We have internet service again!! Cable One came out today and got us hooked up. Dan will set up my new e-mail tomorrow. It's so funny how dependent we have become on e-mail and the internet. How did we survive before?

We have much unpacking and work ahead of us, but at least the stress of the move is behind us. I can not believe how stressful the past couple of weeks have been. I really would be quite content to never move again.

The boys and Max are settling into the new house well. We decided to have the boys share a room and the bedroom that was going to be Elton's is a playroom. Caleb was set in the routine of tucking Elton into bed every night anyway, so I think the transition to having Elton in the same room with him has worked out well. They got a new fish light (of which daddy and Caleb mutually decided that they needed the bigger one of the two) that gets put on every night when they go to bed. The light has water in it that bubbles with fish that look like Nemo. After the light gets turned on, Caleb turns on "Baby Einstein" music for them to listen to. I don't hear a peep out of either of them so out new routine seems to be working.

Also, Elton just got his third tooth yesterday. His first tooth on top. He is almost crawling and I can tell that him and Caleb have mischief in their minds when they are playing together.

Update On Our Move

I'm sorry it has been so long since I have entered a post. Our life has been a little chaotic with the move and we do not have our internet service hooked up at our new house yet. The latest word is that we will be hooked up on Friday. I will let everyone know our new info throug e-mail then.

So yes, we are officially moved and in our new home. We still have lots of unpacking and organization, but we will just take it one box at a time. My mom is still here helping and will be leaving on Thursday. I am sure she is on the countdown.

We put in a new dog door for Max so he can go in and out to the back yard as he pleases. We are working on teaching him how to use it. He is a little scared of it. Caleb on the other hand, has it mastered. I told him that it was a dog door, not a little boy door, but that seems to have little effect.

The Goal: To Close On Monday

After a week of incredible stress from situations that have arose in the whole selling our house and buying another, the last word this evening is that we will be closing on both houses Monday and starting our move. While I can't get into the detail of everything we have been through this week, I would just like to ask for everyone's prayers that everything goes well through the weekend and our closing on Monday. If anything this week has shown us, is that we really don't have any control over these things and it is not done until the papers are signed.

At The Fair

With all the stress of getting ready to move, packing, and waiting for house information, we decided to take a bit of a break this morning. We went out to breakfast, read the paper and headed to the fair. It was nice walking around before it got too hot. Caleb loved feeding the animals at the petting zoo and would have stayed on the rides all day. Things weren't quite as exciting for Elton as he just got to ride around in the stroller. I can't wait until next year when we can go and Dan and I can take both the boys on the rides.

It was also neat for my mom to be here and get to see Caleb enjoy himself. Caleb fell asleep on the way home and the rest of the day consisted of more packing. If everything works out this week, we could be closing a week from tomorrow. Please keep us in our prayers that everything will continue to move on smoothly.