Been a busy, busy girl these days...

I have been such a bad blogger these days but I do have real reasons. We have had a couple of things going on lately and one of them I think I am ready to announce. We are buying a house! Our offer got accepted May 1st and we just found out yesterday that our loan was approved and we could be closing with keys in hand at the end of this week or early next week. I can't describe how excited I am. We have actually been house hunting for a year now and have hit a couple bumps in the road so we are very happy we finally found the house for us. Everyone kept telling us this was a buyers market and there is so many houses for sale. Which is true to some extent. What we have learned in this journey is how picky we were in where we lived and what houses are out there. We wanted and NEEDED to get Tristan in a good area and decided that we only wanted to live in Maumee, Perrysburg, or the 43614 area code (good parts of South Toledo). Our new house is in 43614. We learned that there IS a lot of houses for sale, but most of them are short sales and foreclosers. Either they would be totally tore up and in need of some major repair OR the ones we really liked would have 4-5 offers already pending on them. So it wasn't as much as a buyers market as we thought. I also felt a lot of sadness looking for a home. I realized just how many people are losing or have lost there home just in South Toledo alone and it really sadens me. I can't explain the feeling I had walking into houses that somebody lost and hoping that this might be the one for us. Especially when you see that children lived in that house. I pray so hard that this economic crisis will come to an end and that families can stay in there homes. The house we are buying is seller owned though and a contractor owned it. He has done complete remodeling inside and out. They tore down the garage :( but it has new siding, windows, roof, water tank, furnace,carpet,floors, and remodeled bathroom and kitchen. It's perfect for us because we don't have to do much of anything but paint, shouldn't have anything break anytime soon, and it is MUCH more energy efficient for us. It seems as though all the waiting was worth it. So that is what has been going on with us. Things are just going to get busier but when it calms down I will update again. This has been the craziest couple of months ever so I haven't been on the computer much or even taken many pictures.

As far as Tristan goes, he is walking all over the place! He has been taking a couple of steps here and there since his birthday but now he is all over the place and loving it. He is actually already trying to run but not quite ready for that yet. He is changing so much these days. He is getting smarter and talking and babbling so much more. He is really developing quite the personality. He now points and reaches for things and really starting to learn the mechanics to things. This is really such an exciting and fun age. I can't wait to get him outside to play this summer and take him to a baseball game. He is also throwing full blown temper tantrums. When you tell him no he screams and throws himself on the floor and sometimes hits things. We are trying not to pay any attention when he does this in hopes that he will stop. I thought this wasn't supposed to happen until they turn 2! Besides the tantrums though he really is so much fun. I haven't taken any pictures in the past couple of weeks because my batteries have been dead and haven't had much time. But I leave you with these pictures that I haven't yet posted. I will keep everyone updated on the move as soon as we get settled and once that happens we will have a party for everyone to see the house. Have a great week!