It's too hot!

Jeremy's on this kick about not having the thermostat set any lower than 78. Apparently that's the magic number for saving money on your electricity bill. Have I ever mentioned that Jeremy is an absolute cheap-o? Back when we were struggling I couldn't have held a knife to his back and successfully talked him out of blowing our money. But, now that everything is fine he's cheap as all get out and it's ANNOYING!!! Anyways...it's hot and Avery sweats terribly at all times of day. Tell me why I am having such a hard time convincing himself to sleep in his underwear tonight? It's comfortable, it keeps your cool, keep the jammies off tonight child! I've finally convinced him by telling him that I was going to sleep in mine too because it was just too hot...let's just hope he doesn't insist on putting them back on in the middle of the night!

Packing!

The loan has been approved and the inspection is scheduled for this Wednesday. I started packing today but I don't even know where to begin. I don't feel like ANY of our things can be donw without for a month while they sit in boxes waiting for closing day. I managed to pack up some toys and some kitchen items but I dont' even know what to do with myself now!

The dreaded Peanut Allergy

While working in the daycare I've come to know quite a few kids with the peanut allergy. Enough to know that it's horrible. They add peanut oil or some other peanut product to almost everything. That being said, my poor Caitigirl is now a statistic :o( She has had peanut butter before, so I'm not really sure why she didn't react then, but on Tuesday night I gave her a peanut butter sandwhich for dinner and she had a severe reaction. She didn't even eat a bite of the sandwhich (thank god!) but everywhere it had touched blew up with pinpoint welts. She had them covering her hands, which swelled to almost twice their normal size, and all under her eyes from where she had rubbed. By the time I got her to the Urgent Care office right down the street, a matter of three minutes, her entire body was bright red and she looked as if she had been covered in steam burns. I felt awful! Two minutes after administering a dose of Benadryl she looked as if nothing had even happened. I did have to go pick up an Epi Pen at the pharmacy though, and lets all pray that I NEVER have to use it. Two days after this allergic reaction her body ended up covered in patches again. I could't for the life of me figure it out. She hadn't been exposed to anything else with peanuts in it and I hadn't changed any soaps or detergents. I called the pediatrician and found out that what she was experiencing was severe excema that was yet another reaction to the peanut exposure. My poor, poor babygirl :o( I feel so bad for her. I also feel bad for my poor bank account which just recieved three doctors visits within ten days, a $55 hit for steroids to get rid of the excema fast and treat future breakouts, $60 for an Epi Pen, $12 for a bottle of extra hydrating Cetaphil lotion and $8 for a bottle of extra hydrating Dove body soap. Ouch! This is one expensive baby!

Hello, I'm crazy.

I am the kind of woman who LIKES to clean. Organizing is my forte, I adore it, I would seriously be a professional organizer if I knew how to go about doing that. That being said, I am so ridiculously, crazy excited about cleaning my cupboards out as much as possible before we move. I do this every now and then anyways (cook all things that involve what I've already got in the pantry) but this is going to be EXTREME and I am just the kind of crazy girl to enjoy it!

Bring on the stress!

Provided nothing goes wrong with our loan or inspections (and I'm not expecting them to) we will soon be the proud, first time home owners, of this beauty:

I could absolutely not have foreseen our first home buying experience going any better. Yes, I don't care for the prominent garage that is so popular around here, but it's got our four bedrooms, a big bonus, double garage, decent yard, Holly Springs location, and the price was great.
The stress is going to be unbelievable! Our foreseen closing will be in the beginning of June...and in the second week of June we're leaving on our NH and CT vacation. STRESS!

Could this home buying thing finally fall into place!?!?!

Jeremy and I have been trying for over a year now to buy a home. Our credit is not great. In fact, mine TANKED when Avery was a baby because things just were NOT going our way and we had to rely on credit cards quite a bit. Anyways, things weren't looking good on the home front either. We were looking at HUD homes because we didn't have down payment money saved up, didn't qualify USDA, and wanted that stimulus payment. HUD house searching is hard...people tear these houses up badly because they're so mad that they've lost the home. We found our DREAM first-home on Sunday. Everything about it is what we need. 2,000 suare feet, Holly Springs location, four bedrooms and a bonus, great neighborhood with a community pool, decent yard (thought it does need work)...it's PERFECT! We bid low on Sunday night (the house has been sitting for a while so we figured we might as well start realllllly low) and the bid got rejected. Tonight we've upped the anti a little bit..and we will continue to do so until our bid is accepted. Now we just need to keep our fingers tightly crossed that nobody else jumps in with a bid before we get ours high enough to be accepted/that our loan goes through without any problems. This is killing me!!!

Thang goodness for Spring energy!

I LOVELOVELOVE my newfound energy since spring has begun. The sun is apparently my everything, and now that it's finally out until later in the evening, I'm finally able to be more of the Mommy that I like to/want to be. In the winter everything is so blah. I get home and the darkness makes me feel like all I have time to do is make dinner and go to bed. Now I feel like I just want to keep moving!
Tonight, after he played with the neighbors of course, Avery and I had some Mommy son bonding time. We made brownies, liked the bowl and spoon clean, and settled in to a movie. Just us. <3 I love this boy!!