Lots of changes

Much has happened since I last posted. We sold our house after 22 days on the market! A week later we made an offer on another house and it was accepted without a counter offer. We are very excited about it, although we have a busy month ahead. Chelsea is going to Allentown, PA for 2 weeks for work, so I will be here packing and holding down the fort. I took the final for my summer class today, so I am finished with school until Aug. 25 - oh, did I mention that's our closing date?

The new house is a lot bigger, although we are giving up some kitchen space. It has 3 bedrooms on the main level and one in the basement that will be Chelsea's office. We are putting in another bedroom for the guest room/my office, also in the basement. It's on a cul-de-sac and near a very nice park, so lots of play space for the boys. It is also on the east side of town which will be an adjustment for us because we currently live on the west side. According to my sister, we will soon be living on the "right side" of town. It's only 10 minutes away...I think we'll live.

I'll send out the obligatory mass email announcing the change of address. We'll wait until all the t's are crossed and the closing is scheduled, not merely estimated. Things are generally going well. I'll post again and update the antics of my crazy kids and maybe new pictures if you're lucky.

Lessons learned...sorry, Mom.

The house has been on the market for 2 weeks now, with very little excitement. But I have learned that having a clean house is actually pretty nice. Yes, it takes effort to keep it this way all the time, but it really takes less time than it did when it was messy! Of course, it helps that we have a 16-foot POD in storage packed with a lot of our stuff. Overall, I believe that this has been a good lesson in cleanliness and I plan to carry it over to the new house. Sorry, Mom, that it took this to teach me to be clean, and not 30 years of effort on your part to impart your wisdom. We'll see how long it lasts after we move. :)

A.J. is finally joining the ranks of the not-so-lazy. He can roll over from belly to back, a feat that he has been capable of for quite some time, but seemed to not be interested in moving at all. He can also sit up unassisted for short periods of time, as long as he doesn't look up. It's nice to see that at nearly 8 months old, he has decided that there is more to life than laying on one's back and eating one's feet. He is also able to eat applesauce, bananas and occasionally squash without immediately projectile vomiting. This is a big step for a baby with reflux. Maybe someday we'll be able to take him off of his incredibly expensive Prevacid!

As for Keavan, as I write this, he is sleeping in the backyard in his very own tent, next to his daddy in his very own tent. Although we took Keavan camping on the beach for 4 days when he was 7 months old, we decided not to subject AJ to similar torture when his bed was 20 feet away, so I am sleeping inside to keep an eye on him. Yes, that's the reason that I am sleeping in my bed, rather than outside on the ground. Chelsea's a good daddy, no matter what you may have heard.