Quick Post

My days and nights have been running together with all of the chaos of cleaning the house for showings, going to work, and trying to make sure we can close on the house in TX by Dec 30. Just so you don't forget what he looks like, I took this picture and video of Micah tonight to share with you.

Little Man Updates

Last Saturday Micah had his 15 month check up. He's doing really well and growing like a weed. If only we could keep some weight on him...

Here are his latest stats:

Height: 32in (65%)
Weight: 21#14 (15%)
Head Circum: 18 3/4" (55%)

Good News!

I'm happy to say that we are one step closer to getting our dream house. As of yesterday, we have both of the seller's lenders signatures on the contract. It only took a month to get that far. Now the pressure is on to get our loan approved by December 30th. Considering all of the hoops that everyone is required to jump through to get a mortgage loan today, this will be a true Christmas miracle if everything falls into place in time. Our fingers are crossed and we are praying.

Here Comes Santa Claus...

Sunday was the annual Encana Children's Christmas party and since we had several showings of the house, we decided to go have lunch with Santa. Micah had a great time at the party. He was a little terrified of Santa though. The photographer got an awesome shot of him screaming in Santa's lap and another shot with Mama and Dada with Santa too. Tom scanned the pictures in so I could upload it on here, but something is corrupt with the file so you'll just have to wait. Bummer.

Micah racing to sit on Santa's lap.


While we waited in line, one of Santa's elves took time to chat with Micah.


Micah was a good boy this year, so Santa gave him a present to open before Christmas!


He danced while Mama waited in the balloon animal line for him.




I was impressed that he sat still long enough to get his face painted.


We all felt like kids again after spending the afternoon with Santa.

Will you...

Five years ago today Tom proposed to me. This afternoon I got a special delivery at work. Tom sent me these beautiful flowers.




When the lady from the mailroom brought them up to me, she asked if he was in trouble. It took me a second to respond, but then I remembered the significance of the day. Five years ago Tom took me to a nice dinner here, Bonne Terre Bed & Breakfast, and proposed.



For the rest of the afternoon, everyone asked what the occasion was for the flowers and after I told them they ALL responded with, "And he remembered?". I know. He's the BEST!

Well, today was a great day. I'm just hoping the rest of the week goes just as well. Tomorrow is the deadline on our offer on the house in Dallas. Considering the situation of the short sale and that we also found out that the owners have two mortgages with two different lenders, we may not hear anything tomorrow. In fact, we may not hear anything for a couple more weeks. Currently, we are planning to extend the deadline on the offer. We'll probably have to live in temporary housing/hotel/extended stay hotel for a little while in January, but we'll survive. I think the house is worth the wait. We've got our fingers crossed and we're praying that we'll hear something tomorrow. Please do the same for us.

Saturday Adventures

Last night and this morning the appointment calls rang in to schedule showings of the house for today. There were five showings today which kicked us out of the house from 10:30-2:30. We thought that since we are leaving Colorado soon we should start to check things off of our list of "Things we've been wanting to do but haven't gotten around to it yet". Our outing for the day was a trip to the aquarium.

Micah and a scuba diver.

Me, Micah and a shark.

Micah and Dada

Micah and a tiger. Yes, I said tiger. Yes, we were at the aquarium. There were 3 tigers in one of the exhibits. I'm still puzzled. Don't cats love to eat fish? So, why are they in the exhibit and able to swim in the same tank as the fish? Beats me.



They have a couple birds there too.

Micah and Dada waiting in line to see the 4-D Spongebob movie.

After our visit to the aquarium, we still had some time to kill, so we went in to get Micah a hair cut.


We've only got one showing scheduled so far for tomorrow. Who knows what we'll get into.

Dallas Dream Home

We're back in Denver now after 6 long days in Dallas searching for a new home. Before we left for Dallas, we had our dream home picked out. It was on the lake and a block away from the neigborhood elementary school. It had beautiful plantation shutters and windows from floor to ceiling in the family room. It was perfect, and it was under contract. Bummer!

Luckily, we found another great home on the lake. It's a little further away from Tom's office, but it's perfect. For me, it was love at first sight. Check out these pictures I took. You can also google the house using the address: 620 Lake Point Dr., Little Elm, TX.

The foyer.

Looking upstairs.

The dining room.

The living room.

Living room and kitchen.

The kitchen.

Master bedroom.

Master bathroom.


The backyard.

More backyard.

Upstairs living room.


So, we put an offer in on this house and we are waiting on the results. The sellers are currently in a short sell position. This means our fate is in the hands of their bank since we have already gotten an acceptance from the family selling the house. Our offer expires on December 2nd, so all prayers are welcomed. We don't want to let another home get away from us since our move date is quickly approaching.