Moving and Birthdays

I wont bore you with another 

oh-how-long-it's-been-since-I-blogged

rant

you're not surprised 

We MOVED!!!

OH YES WE DID!

We put our house up for sale on Thursday night

on Saturday afternoon we had two offers

and accepted the one for asking price

of course

*grin*

We had 30 days to find a rental and move

it was CRAZY

but we did it!

We found a single story house in Double Diamond

people are not outgoing here

but it's clean 

and safe

and that's what matters

Each kid has their own room

Riley was the most excited about this

and has had the hardest time adjusting to it

He constantly woke up scared. 

After 4 night lights in his room

and 3 in the hall

blackout curtains in his window

(we think cars driving down the road were freaking him out as the headlights flashed right above his bed every time)

and a fan on the floor for some white noise

he is finally sleeping through the night most nights

and stopped talking about how scared he is

The other two kids are doing wonderfully

though we realized right away

that poor Emily had next to nothing

for a room of her own

no really...about 5 toys and a toddler bed...that was it

I felt terrible that I hadn't realized how much of their shared room was Riley's stuff

we changed all that with her birthday

that brought her a twin bed

a bright pink ottoman

and a bright pink soft fuzzy rug

we rearranged all of our dressers

so now all the kids have one in their rooms 

including Emily

and repurposed a set of drawers for her toys

more of which she got on her birthday

from friends and family

This is a temporary home

just until we find a house for sale that we love

we are being incredibly picky

I'm truly loving it here though

which is such a blessing

Dave says it's growing on him

but I know he loves that he has a bit of an office now

a desk, and a white board

he's in it every day

*grin*

September brought a double birthday party to our new home

As Emily turned 3 

can you believe it?!! THREE!!

And Riley 5

(I can't believe I have a 5 year old)

I learned a double party is double the work

but it was fun

and I accomplished my best birthday cakes yet

which made me very happy

Riley's birthday is October 1st 

the kindergarten cutoff is Sep. 30th.

so he wont be starting this year

and we're actually very happy about it

what's the rush anyway?!

He's still in preschool 2 mornings a week and LOVES it

Emily has been begging us to go to school

like her big brother

for a year now

on Wednesday, we are finally giving in

we'll see how it goes

she is beyond excited

Riley gave me a hug yesterday 

I realized his head is up to my ribs

he's so big

random thought I had to share

All this talk about Riley and Emily

may make you wonder if we forget our little Aaron

Nope

he wouldn't let you even if you tried

Aaron decided last week that he can talk

and added about 25 words to his vocabulary

his favorite things are tractors right now

we drive by a construction sight every day

and he shouts out "tracta!"

every. single.  time.

he is constantly sneaking in to riley's room to play with his tractors

Riley thinks it's funny and let's him play with them whenever he wants

David is still Aaron's favorite person in the whole wide world

Grandmas come in at second

Riley at third

and then good ol mom at fourth

I'm cool with it

*grin*

Oh ya!  I celebrated a birthday this month too!  

But this post is too long already

so know that it was wonderful

and that's that!