House Progress 9.28.08

The roof is almost covered with tar paper; shingles will be coming soon.  Some of our windows have been installed as well...  I took pics from all angles this morning.  :)  We went to the Donut Haus and had breakfast on our driveway while we checked out what they had done this week.

From the left side:  garage bays and part of the covered patio...

From almost the end of our driveway near the road...

A closer view...

The right side view...

From the back, right side...

Centered in the back yard...

We're out... :(

*cry* 

Friday the 19th was our last day in our house.  I was VERY emotional all day; I think it's because of all the memories we have made there cause I certainly didn't get emotional when we moved there from our last home!  

We spent the day packing a few last things and taking them to my grandma's.  In the evening, I made sure I went in each and every room and thought about good times in that space.  (am I corny?)  Max's room was the most difficult for me, of course.  

We got a few pics of us while the house was completely empty and clean... one of Max lying on the floor where his bed was, one of the two of us kissing in the spot where I first sat when we brought him home from the hospital, one of Max and Chris pretending to color on the desk in Max's toy room, and so on.  We are soooooo sentimental, aren't we?  I know some of you are saying "gag me" right now!  ha ha!

The very saddest part of the day was the nighttime... we hung around to eat some cake with the neighbors (it was Drew's 3rd bday and we wanted to celebrate too!) and when it was dark I told Max to "tell the kids we'll see you soon!" and he literally broke down!  Crying and kicking and screaming and saying he doesn't want to move!  Tears poured down my face, I felt terrible!  He was soooo upset!  The crying lasted for a loooong time!  Luckily, we had a "moving present" waiting for him at my grandma's, where we're living the next three months.  Once he saw his boy doll from Barbie and the Diamond Castle he was happy again.  Today he even referred to our "old" house as "Kate's house"... she is the little girl who moved in.  I thought that was surprising!

So here we are... unofficially homeless I guess, since my grandma is kind enough to share her home with us.  I think it'll be a while before I can even drive by our "old" house again; last night was just too sad for me.  We loved our time there... it is so sad for me to even look at these pictures!!

I hate Hurricane Ike

Who knew hurricanes could hit Ohio?  Honestly.  We started out on Sunday knowing the storm was headed our way, but we didn't expect it to deliver category 1 force winds and knock down trees, shingles, siding and power lines on it's way through.  GRRRR!!!  We have been without power for THREE days!!!!!  And can I tell you how unprepared we were for that?  We are moving out this week and had a garage sale last weekend, so I sold all our coolers, packed our candles and flashlights and was in the process of cleaning out the fridge.  We had NOTHING!  Thankfully I have a very nice cousin who let me borrow candles and a cooler, and kind parents who did more of the same, including making tacos for us on the grill for dinner!  :)  Yum.

Just so you know, we have power RIGHT NOW, but we may not in a few hours...  so I'm getting this all in while I have a minute.  We did close on our house tonight as well, so we are officially homeless... we will spend our last night here on Thursday then move in with my grandma...

Enjoy your hot water and cool refrigerators if you have 'em!  :)  Stupid hurricane!

"Mommy, Mommy, it's ok, it was getting too long"

This is what happens when you're so busy cleaning, organizing and packing that you leave your 3 year old downstairs alone watching tv...

I came down the stairs to find this...

He somehow found little kid scissors (thankfully!) and proceeded to cut my plant to shreds!  I had to hold back the laughter because he said the reason he HAD to cut it, was that it was just getting too long... which was honestly true.  Anyway, what a sight!

For Justin..

Here JuDill... I went over to the lot in the rain JUST to take a picture of the house with the trusses...  HAPPY??  :)  Really though, I'll go back on Sunday and take more when it's nice and sunny and I don't have to worry about mud.

Enjoy! (and stop nagging me now!  hee hee)  XOXO!

First Day of Preschool!

It's here... the first day of school.  Last year Max was in the Kids' Morning Out Program (2 days a week) that readied him for preschool, but today is officially his first REAL day of school.  

Max's teachers this year are Miss Heather and Miss Missy.  Miss Missy is his favorite only because she has "very long hair", he says.  We are lucky enough to have his best friend, Rachel, in his class again this year.  In fact, after school Miss Heather told me those two are a "hoot" and played together the entire time.  He gets to go to school Wed, Thurs and Fri.

It was a great first day and Max was sooooo excited to be there.  As you can imagine, we took 23489435634782 pictures, but I'll only post a few here.  :)  Max was wearing his monogrammed shirt (it has been my tradition to buy him one each season as he grows and he wore a red one on his first day last year) and his new, SUPER FAST (super bright) Saucony shoes.  Please notice cause he is VERY proud of them!  ;)  FYI, his shoe size at age 3 1/2 is a 12!!!!!  WHAT!?!?

At our front door...

He's got his backpack ready!

In front of the school...

Hanging up his backpack...

Miss Missy showing him where his name is to "sign in"...

Using his name tag to "sign in"...

All the kids' backpacks...

Gooooooooo Bucks!

Wahoo!!  It's football season!  I was lucky enough to beat out my brother, nephew and husband and got chosen by my dad to go with him to the OSU home opener today.  :)  FINALLY!  ha ha.  It was a great day for a game and we had a lot of fun!  I think we might have enjoyed people watching almost as much as the game though (and of course, we LOVE the band!).  I took a few pics...  Thanks for taking me, Dad!!!  

Dad and Me (yes, I got my hair chopped off)

Block "O" with the team ready to run out...

The B.D.B.I.T.L. with the Alumni Band forming 4 Script Ohio's...