After an absolutely crazy journey with our house, we officially closed on July 22nd! I still cannot believe that we are homeowners. It definitely was a decision that we chose to act on sooner rather than later due to the economy for homebuyers (perfect right now), the cost analysis of buying/renting, and just a feeling of peace after many conversations in prayer. Our house is perfect for us right now. It has a great backyard, near a park, less than 3 miles from Joel's work, and right in the suburbs. We really enjoy it!
Joel has officially opened his very own store! I have to take a moment to say how awesomely proud I am of him. Back when we were just dating, (on another side note August 21st marked 5 years of us being together and 4 years since we got engaged!!) Joel told me his goals and aspirations. He wanted to be a store manager at Kohls within 5 years and if he did not see himself achieving those goals, then he would move onto a different company. Well here we are 5 years later and he is in a much better company fit for him and he has worked super hard over the past two years to make it to having his own store!
Noah is almost 6 months old. In the past few months he started becoming quite mobile. He rolls pretty much anywhere he wants. If he sees an object across the room that he wants, he rolls towards it! He often gets stuck in very odd places, like under our bed and underneath the entertainment center. He is working hard on sitting unassisted and I can just tell he wants to crawl! He has grown like a weed and I am hoping at his appointment this month, we find that he has moved to bigger percentiles. He is still exclusively breastfed. While it was a tough journey in the beginning we have an awesome routine now and I love it! (It gives me a chance to just sit and relax for 10-15 minutes at a time where I would otherwise be running around) He is still sleeping through the night which is totally awesome. We recently tried to introduce solids, but he just was not ready quite yet. He has the sweetest smile and personality...I think he is a keeper!
Nathaniel is almost 2 years old. My baby boy is growing up before my eyes. While his expressive speech is still lacking, he has just excelled in so many other places. He is becoming so very independent. He can pull his pants up, put his shirt on, move the stool to the sink and wash his own hands, brush his teeth, drink from a cup without a lid, and eat with a fork and spoon with minimal spilling. I absolutely love his personality. He cracks me up, he is always doing something silly like dancing and hiding. He loves his dog Sedona and his brother. He has his special sign for I love you and he loves to give kisses. Basically I love this little man :)
I have officially started going to the gym and I love it. It gives me some time to myself and it makes me feel good. I am working hard on losing the baby weight (and some other added weight) to not only be healthier, but to feel good about myself. I am finally back into a somewhat routine and making some awesome meals for my family. I am working on trying to find my place here. I have started looking into moms groups and Bible studies to have some human contact other than little kiddos during the day. I am just trying to find my place and purpose here in our new town!
We are officially cloth diapering both boys. After a lot of research and planning, we made the switch. I absolutely love it! We also use cloth wipes, so we never run out of diapers or wipes. And with two in diapers it is something that is bound to happen if we were using disposables. It may have been a little yucky at first, but we got down a great wash routine and the boys just look super cute in their fluffy bums :) (I have an entire blog post written up on cloth diapers in case anyone is interested or just curious!)
Well I have like two other posts to post today so enjoy and Happy Friday :)
