Rollin' with my daddy!

Carter absolutely loves to ride in the truck with Bryan. He's ALWAYS in his car seat when they actually go anywhere, but when he has the chance to sit in the truck with his dad and just listen to some tunes, he enjoys every minute of it. Here are a few photos that paint the picture nicely.

Our little "muddy buddy"

What a great joy as a child to play in the mud.

There is nothing more I need to say.

Enjoy the video.

A new place to hang our hats

The project has officially started. The excavator has cleared our building site, burned all of the brush, and we are left with a beautiful future home site.
We will be situated on 10 acres, not too far from our great friends, the Pattons. We look forward to spending many great years at our new home and have already begun finding a spot for a swing set for Carter (and a hot tub for mommy, if the Powerball would ever pay!)
The first photo is the huge pile of brush that had to be removed for building. The second is the site once the pile was burned.
Carter has also enjoyed seeing the big machinery at the building site.

Goodbye...Crow Wing Heights Drive

Our last family photo taken at Crow Wing Heights Drive. Carter is 20 months old in this picture.

Well, as I mentioned in a previous post, we sold our house. It was definitely a plan from above. We had taken our house off the market on June 1st, deciding that 1 year on the market was enough. We decided we would stay where we were and build the 26x32 garage we always wanted. 1 week after starting the garage, we got a call from a realtor. There was a couple that wanted to look at our house EVEN though it wasn't on the market anymore. Bryan didn't want to, but I decided that if this couple was so interested in our house, they deserved a chance to look at it. They are living in our house right now! They loved our house and even looked at 50 total houses, yet still came back to ours. I feel like God knows what direction we should be heading in, and moving from Crow Wing Heights Drive was the right move.

So, back to the garage. Poor Bryan. In order to sell the house, he had to complete the garage in 4 weeks. What an amazing man Bryan is, along with our friends who helped so many nights and weekends. It all worked out in the end. We are settled nicely into your rental property and I'm very thankful we have somewhere clean and warm to rest our heads for the winter. We have already started to get the building site prepared for our next house and Bryan will be working on it from now until probably next summer to complete it.

It will be an interesting journey, but we feel blessed to have the opportunity.

All the right moves!

Since the day Carter could move his body freely, he danced.

He moved to the beat and could sometimes pick out music playing in the background at the grocery store before I could. Now he's just a dancing fool. I think I posted a dancing video from several months ago, but since then, his moves have improved and he's even started to get a little vocal while dancing.

Take a look at the attached video if you think I'm kidding.

A bun in the oven...

NOT ME! But I knew I could get your attention if I put that in the post title. In all seriousness, my sister AnneMarie is due to have her baby any day now. A couple of weeks ago I attended a baby shower for her. It was fun and exciting. Enjoy looking at some of the pictures.

Can you say blog TARDY?

I know, I know. It has been FAR too long since I updated our blog. Where shall I begin?
First of all, our house sold. We are officially living in one of our rental properties as of 10/1. It's quite a change from country living. Scout, perhaps has the toughest adjustement of all. She's wondering why I keep putting that leash-like thing on her, and why she can't chase the squirrels across town like she did at our old house.

Carter has adjusted well and is on the verge of talking in sentences. I can't wait for that. We'll see if he's a talker like his mommy or a quiet thinker like his daddy. Right now...it's not looking too good for daddy.

Here's a few photos from the month of August and September. Most are random, but worth taking a look at.

Look at the bugbites!

Never a bad hair day for this kid!

Trying to give Scout a kiss through the screen.

Yes! Moving is exhausting!