What we've been up to: January 2013

Okay, so I know I said I was going to try to take more pictures to blog with on my good camera that takes way better pictures than my really old and outdated 3G i phone, but this mama is pretty busy and just doing the best I can!  I am due for an upgrade in March, so maybe my frugal self will get really wild and get the cheapest i phone offered that is a step up from my 3G.  Then at least my pictures might be slightly better in quality as I run around doing a million things for my 3 kids while still trying to capture memories!

So, back to the purpose of this post:  We have had an interesting January.  We started casually looking around at houses right before Christmas.  The "casually" looking quickly turned into looking online at ezmls multiple times a day, uploading the realtor.com app on my phone to check when I can't get to my computer, talking to 2 different mortgage brokers, and looking at  every home in our town that is remotely close to our price range.  So, you know, it's no big deal or anything.

The kids have really been good about it all.  Here's Mallory all ready to head out, yet again, to see just a few fixer-uppers!

We have found a few we are interested in but haven't made any offers yet, so we'll see!  I get twitches when I think about getting our house ready to sell and keeping it "show ready" with three young kids, especially since the reason we are selling is because we are busting out the seams of our cute "starter" home:)  Being a one income family definitely rules out the whole 2 mortgage thing so we will have to sell while still living here, like I'm sure most people have to.  I'll do my best to keep you all posted but if you don't see many house hunting updates, just know I'm probably going crazy trying to find every Lego Will has scattered on the floor 5 minutes before someone comes to see our house!  If you live in my town and feel like you see me at Walmart or Sonic every time you go, just know that I'm probably killing time during showings.

So, back to the rest of our life!  We got Madeline and Mallory their first matching outfits for Christmas.  This was tough to find when your 8 year old refuses anything smocked!  Thanks to Matilda Jane, we found something.  I think they look so sweet!  I didn't plan to ever attempt to match them with an 8 year age difference, but Madeline thought it would be fun, and it was.

Mallory started rolling both ways right around this time, so nothing is safe!  She rolled all the way from her play mat in the background to be near Madeline, who was doing her homework on the floor.  She's eyeing Madeline's pencil here.  I wish I had captured a picture of her grabbing it while Madeline was trying to write!

Uncle John and Aunt Lindsey got Will this spin art set for Christmas.  He thought it was a lot of fun on a cold Sunday!

Will just celebrated the 100th day of school, which is a huge deal in kindergarten.  He had to bring a hat with 100 things on it.  We went with golf tees, which made for a very hazardous, but cool, hat!

Mallory turned 7 months on January 23!  I love how much bigger she looks here!  She has such a fun and happy personality.

She sits ups so well, loves to babble, rolls all over the place, and has turned into a stomach sleeper which scares this worrier mom to death!  I kept sneaking in to roll her back over but she would just go right back to her belly, so I gave up.  She is not crawling but it really trying too.  She hasn't figured out how to get up on her hands and knees at the same time.

We had an unnaturally warm day on Sunday.  We asked Will to go change out of his church clothes to go play outside, and this is what he came out in.  Not sure about his sense of style yet!  He has such a great sense of humor and loves to make funny faces for the camera.

Another busy but good month.  February here we come!