They've Broken Ground!

Good news! We went out to look at our little plot of land, and there was a big hole in it! Yeah! They've broken ground! We should have the permit in a few days, and after that it is supposed to be finished in 90 days! So that puts us at about ohhh. . . December 20th or so! What a great Chirstmas present (and what a horrible moving season!) We are going to have to do some serious bribing if we expect anyone to help us move that close to Christmas!


Our sweet little neice Elaina had hip surgery on Tuesday. It went really well! What a blessing! She is already back home and adjusting to being in practically a full body cast! She is the sweetest baby. I can't imagine what Makaylee would have been like if she had to go through that. I think all the neighboors would have moved out with all the crying and screaming that would have been going on!



Makaylee has suddenly sprouted manners this week. She was playing in the bathtub and I sneezed really loud, she looked at me all curious like and said "Bless you!" as clear as a bell! I started laughing so hard because it was just so unexpected and so appropriate, you just wouldn't expect a 17 month old to say that! She got such a good laugh out of me that now when anyone sneezes, or coughs, or makes any other strange noise she says "Bless you!" really loud with a huge grin on her face!

Our Story Begins

Hi,

Well, I don't even know where to start! My friend Christen sent me a link to her blog and I fell in love with it! How cool that you can keep up on other people lives just by opening a web page! I hope you like the title of our blogger, Terry helped me think of it, looking all proud to be using his Spanish skills!

Let me just update you on our whereabouts these days. We are living in my parents basement! It consists of a family room, a bedroom and a bathroom. Guess who gets the bed room? Makaylee of course! ha ha ha! So that leaves Terry and I sleeping in the open family room, (without a door for privacy!) It actually hasn't been too bad, other than the fact that we have to creep into her room after she's asleep to sneak in a shower (or haul all of our toiletries upstairs the night before we intend to shower) so we don't wake her up unnecessarily early and have an unnecessary bad day because of it.

My mom asked me how we were handling living in the basement, I told her we were doing fine. She said "Well, I fear it's like being on vacation, where the first few days are great, but by the end of it you just can't wait to get home!" (I secretly wondered if that comment was promted by her own feelings!) But we are still doing fine and it has been over a month. Mom and I trade off cooking every other week, I think we are both really going to miss that! Although her week for cooking always goes by much faster than my week, it is so nice to get the break!

The bad news is that our house (being built in Riverton) is almost a month behind schedule, they haven't even started digging the hole yet!!! So I guess we better get used to being all close and cozy in the basement, because we will be here for a while!

Makaylee is just so darn cute these days. She is running around every where and talking her little head off. I started writing down all the words she says, but I can't keep up with her, I think she says about 100 words by now! (Not all of them recognizable to the lay mans ear.) My favorite are "Ba-ka" for grandpa, and "oust" for outside. . . .

p.s. Happy 3rd B-day to our cute nephew Chase!