Our Little Artist....

This morning Jack was doodling on a piece of paper. He handed me the pen; I drew a star (the only shape he knows) and asked him what it was. Then I drew a smiley face and asked him what it was....of course, he didn't know. Then, he took the pen back and started drawing little squiggles and asking me what each one of them was. If I didn't answer, he would ask again! This kid keeps me smiling all the time!!

On the News!

It's hubby brag time! Since we've moved to Greenville (about 2.5 months ago), Luke has been intereviewed for the local news TWICE as a "Tech Expert!" I couldn't be more proud of him!! Here are the links to both of the news stories:

Story #1: http://www2.wspa.com/news/2011/sep/20/mobile-apps-under-investigation-bogus-claims-ar-2438075/

Story #2: http://www2.wspa.com/news/consumer-watch/2011/oct/18/hackers-user-mobile-apps-steal-account-passwords-ar-2570755/

ROAR!

While walking around Lowes (Luke's favorite store) the other day, Jack decided to try to scare mommy. As you can see in this video, I didn't know that he was "roaring" at me for a little while. This little guy surprises us with his fun and creative personality all the time!

Mark 12:30

Jack "saying" his Bible verse:

He does "mind" like he does when he's singing, "If you're happy and you know it, then your face will surely show it."

The Waiting Game...

We closed on our house in Lynchburg yesterday (Monday)!! The process could not have gone any smoother. The lawyers we worked with said we'll never have another closing be so simple and go so smoothly (she was right!). We are so relieved to that house sold and so excited to get moved into our new house in Greenville! However, when we got back to Greenville Monday night, Luke had an email from our lender that the USDA was requesting more information from us. This is a bit of a bummer since we are supposed to close on our new house here in Greenville Wednesday (tomorrow). It has become clear that we'll definitely have to delay the purchase of our new home :(

According to our realtor, she has not had a closing on time in about 4 months. She said that the USDA is in control these days and they "send requests at the 11th hour every time." After quickly getting all the new information to our lender, he sounded like we MIGHT be able to close on Friday (although he origally said around 10 days). We're keeping our fingers crossed for Friday!!

The biggest delimma with delaying the closing is that we had planned to move in on Sat. the 22nd, leaving this upcoming weekend as the only weekend to do work on the house. So, if we can't close, we can't do work on the house, and we can't move in yet. Which means we'll have to pay for another month or storage :(

Although this news is very disappointing to us, we still remember that God is in control of all things. This delay did not happen "by chance." It is not an accident. And God has purpose in this, even if we can't see what it is. We are trusting Him that in His timing, we'll be able to close on and move into our new home!

But for now, we'll play the waiting game :)

"Thank You!"

Once Jack learned to say "please," we started working with him on saying "thank you" when we give him something. We've probably been working on it for 4 months at least. We always tell him, "say 'thank you,'" and he would repeat us. However, the past few days, he been saying it on his own without our prompting!!! I think he's realized how much we like him saying it, so today he's started saying it just out of the blue: "Thank you, mommy. Mommy, thank you!" for no apparent reason! So sweet :) Of course, when he says "thank you" it sounds more like "tee too," which makes it even cuter! I hope our little boy continues to lean and use good manners!

Our New House!!!

We found a house in Greenville that we love!!!! Well, actually it's in Simpsonville, but it's all the same area :) We put in an offer and it was accepted!! If all goes well with the inspection and the closing of our house in Lynchburg, we'll be the new owners of this home October 12!! Here's some pictures of the house taken from the MLS website.

Front:

Close-up of the front door (which I LOVE!):

View when you walk in the front door:

Dining room (on the left when you walk in):

Living room (on the right when you walk in):Half bath downstairs:
Family room:
(The TV stays. The open door next to the TV will be a playroom; there's no picture of it. Having a room downstairs for the kids to play in was a huge selling point for us! This is open to the Kitchen) Breakfast and Kitchen (doors on left go to pantry and garage) This picture is taken while standing in the living rom(picture above):

Master bedroom (love the chandelier, but we'll need a fan!):

Master bath:

Master bath sinks:

Closet off master bath (LOVE!!!):

Bedroom #2:

Bedroom #3: Bedroom #4:
Guest bath:

Laundry (washer and dryer stay):

Fenced backyard: