Sold!

After a scant 32 days from listing, we closed on our old house on Friday. We are thrilled that it sold so quickly (2 bids in the first 7 days!), but it is bittersweet to let go of our first house.

Stuck

I kept hearing frustrated noises, and finally a "help" and "stuck". Brennan had buckled himself into the stroller and couldn't get out!

Future Olympian??

After losing the pictures that they took a month ago, the sonogram people finally had me come back in for a redo. Baby #4 is still measuring about 2 weeks ahead of schedule and currently weighing approx 2lb 7 oz

(determined by measuring the tummy, apparently).

At the first appt on Aug 11, he/she was measuring 2 weeks ahead and weighed approx 1 pound.

chubby cheeks

a foot

profile

waving hello

heartbeat measuring at 147--good!

doing some stretches--the hand is holding the foot above the head!The tech was laughing about the little gymnast and how fast the foot moved when it kicked!

I'm thinking gymnastics and/or tae-kwan-do is in our future.

Maybe even Olympics 2028?? :)

Bus Riders

I keep forgetting to bring the camera in the mornings, so got this one on my phone really quick this morning. The big yellow reason they get out of bed in the mornings.

No matter where Aidan starts in the group, he always hangs back so that he's the last to get on. And one of the other girls always manages to be first and then she has to stop at the top of the stairs to tell the bus driver something every morning. It's quite funny to watch their routine.

I *Heart* Ice cream

These are from about a month ago on my phone, so a little fuzzy.

The boy enjoys his ice cream.

Inside the House

We did some cleaning/organizing/decorating this weekend, so I felt the house was somewhat picture-worthy. Some rooms more so than others! Here's what I got:

Views from front door.

Aidan says we live in the woods, and he's not too thrilled with it.

We have had run-ins with some wildlife:

a coyote down the road and multiple harrassments by raccoons.

Office
Dining room
Formal living aka piano room

Foyer

Master bedroom

Living room, Breakfast room, Sun room

Kitchen

Utility room -- not a closet anymore!!

Gameroom Marian's room--hers has the view of the lake

Storage and my craft area

New baby's room--eventually

Toy room

Brennan's room

Aidan's room

Obviously, haven't touched the upstairs yet. One of my many projects to do while kids are at school is to get their rooms organized and get things on the walls!

The Gardens

We took a field trip to Moody Gardens in Galveston last weekend with some friends. It was surprisingly not at all crowded, which worked well for our rambunctious group!

Brennan is pointing at the swimming penguins.

Trying out the touch pool--water is his favorite thing to play with!

Watching the fish and sharks with Mary Kay.

He'd already gone up to a total stranger (a really big biker dude-type) and tried to climb in his lap.

Marian and Aidan were usually too far ahead of us for me to get many pictures of them.

More First Days

The result of Aidan's first day of kindergarten.

Happy and thirsty!

Brennan's first day of preschool 2's
Didn't get dressed til we were in the parking lot. Then he got the idea that we were going somewhere and he needed to have clothes on.
Luckily, same classroom and one of the same teachers as his summer class was, so he was very familiar with where to go, where to put his stuff, and where the toys were!

Was fine until someone new came in and started crying right as I was getting up to leave. Then he kind of whimpered and thought about crying. But he had a great day otherwise!