Christmas Eve

This is Christmas Eve at Aunt Gamma's and Uncle Wes' house.

Bedtime

It's only one week until Christmas and Micah can hardly wait. Well, at least I can hardly wait to see his reaction to what Santa brings.

Tom is in Michigan until the 23rd, so it's just me and Little Man for a while. I'm sure I'll be busy with the loan preparation, work, the moving people, house showings, and spending one on one time with Micah. Let's just say this weekend will be less than restful.

With that said and since Micah is asleep, I'm going to get a few chores done and relax on the couch for a while.

Later Taters

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.