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Today was a blur. Last night was another night of up until 5am not being able to sleep then up at around 8. This has been my sleeping schedule for almost the past month. Nothing like feeling totally drained and weary... and yet not being able to sleep, or staying asleep. Anyways that aside... this morning after several cups of coffee and some sluggish cleaning of the house... Chester and I headed out for the afternoon.

We drove to pic Papa (gabe) up form work early (yay!!) and headed off to Canton. Since Gabe started working for Texas Cell Net we learned we could get free medical care at the Daily Medical Clinic. Apparently the owner of TCN is the doctor there and he give free service to all the employees and their families. Today we were heading in for Chester's 1 year check up and so Gabe could get his updated tetnis shot.

The clinic is amazing!! Not only are the nurses and doctors some of the nicest I have ever met ... the place is so nice and professional! It is SUCH an answer to prayer... as medical insurance is so expensive! And here we have a free service (or little to nothing).... thank GOD! Now I dont feel like we have to ignore things going on health wise because it would cost too much.

(just last month I had to take an emergency trip to the er and nothing was done but I was given some pain meds... and a big $2000 bill.... sigh, still working on paying that one)

Chester was such a trooper! I am so proud of him... I never realized how hard it is to see your little ones get shots. I dont know maybe it is just me... but when they look at you tear in their eyes, I just want to cry right along with them! :( I am so thankful for Gabe taking the time off of work to be there... for both of us lol

All in all a very good day... and stamps of health all around. Even Papa got a bandaid ;)

Now I am off to cuddle with my little man... he is all sleepy with the lack of an afternoon nap, sore legs...he is so sweet... he wrapped himself in his favorite blankie and is sucking finger in my lap... :)

I love mommyhood <3

Well tonight we met up with the realtor to look at some houses. Oh my goodness, I am in love. We looked at three houses tonight... all that I narrowed down from about 25 houses in the area and that are in our price range. (It is amazing how big the house market is right now!!)

The FIRST one we looked at was amazing. My goodness, Gabe and I both looked at each other so many times while we were looking it over saying... this is so the house!

It is an older home, but has been TOTALLY remodel and revamped...and my goodness, the elderly woman that lives there now has kept it up so well. Seriously, you could have eaten off the floor. It was beautiful. Large windows, white/wide trim, fireplace... three bedrooms, two baths. And it really had that old house feel to it with the old wooden doors, built in cabinets etc. Much to our delight we also found that under the house carpet the old wooden floor is still there, and it is BEAUTIFUL! Not only was it wonderful inside, but it had a beautiful back yard (BIG trees!!), pretty landscaping, and a huge workshop in the back that Gabe can turn into a studio. (Yay, no more drum sets in our bedroom lol) Yes... it would be a perfect house for sure.

The realtor we met with also gave us a contact for a local bank in the town that offers really good rate and hardly any closing costs. So my homework for tomorrow is to give her a call and set up a meeting. Whether this is the house for us or not, it would be great to get the approval over and behind us. (such a bother!!) But the good thing is we already have about 1/3 of the house cost already saved up, so we can bypass most of the paperwork we would have otherwise needed to do... yay!

Well.... even tho it is a beautiful house... I know if we are supposed to get it, it will still be on the market when we go for the contract (a contract was already placed on it but fell through last week.... whew.....) and it someone does get it before us... well I know GOd has an even better place for us :) Either way it will be home!!

I am excited for the days/weeks to come and look forward to what may be unfolding in this new chapter of life :)

CHEERS!!

Well we are on the hunt for a house! It is an exciting time... and slightly stressful. Right now the options are to A. move into Gabe"s grandparents empty house... or B. find another one in the area, close enough that Gabe wont have a very long commute to work.
Option A.... as of right now Gabe's other grandparents have been planning to move up into the house from Houston. It would be awesome to have them closer... esp as they are getting older and with multiple health problems we will be able to take care of them more. They also wanted to move into the house because they would be able to pay it off and in time hand it down to someone in the family. They had planned on moving up at the beginning of the year, but time has passed and they aren't sure if they want to move up... and if they do, if they want that house or one that would be more handicap acessible. And so as of right now we are waiting for the talks to finish to see if they will be moving in to the house or if we can. This house is SOO amazing.., all of it custom designed by Gabe's Nana, and built by Pop.


But we are also not holding on too tightly as if they decide they do want to move into it... well then the house hunt will continue and I am sure where ever we end up it will work just fine :) And then we can make it home.

As the anticipation builds for a new house I find my love for vintage has been coming out strong. I have had such an urge to paint, sew, and go thrift shopping for old tables, chairs, etc to paint, recover, and transform. I am trying to rein in those creative juice, but it is sure hard!! I can't wait to make our house a home....
Anyways... I must go as Chester and I are about to head out for a walk... the storm this morning has brought in a wonderful cool breeze!

And also here are some pictures of my big boy who has turned one already! :) I love you diddle man.
Gabe did a nice spike job on him when he got out of the bath lol

Seems my boy is always smiling :)