Moving Day!

It's official, tomorrow at 2:00 we can move into our new house and start calling it our home!  The feeling is so surreal.  I never thought our summer would begin with us selling our house and moving.  When we first started talking about listing the house we figured it would be up on the market for at least six months.  Never in our wildest dreams did we think the house would sell in a week, none the less at full asking price, and have our offer accepted on another house.  The timing could not have been more perfect.  My cousin put it perfectly, "God is good."  The new house is going to be such a blessing to our family.  It has tons of room to run, play, entertain, and best of all, everything is upstairs, except the guest room.  The children's rooms are just across the hall from our bedroom, and the peace of mind that comes with that is priceless.  I loved our old home (it feels weird to say that) but I hated the idea of William or Samantha downstairs by themselves.  Maybe I am over-protective and paranoid, but this mama is going to do whatever she can to protect her babies.

Already my mind is swirling with ideas of paint, decor, flowers, landscaping, etc... this is going to be fun!  I'm sure Steve is cringing right now just thinking about what this is going to do to our checking account.  But in actuality, the damage shouldn't be too bad.  We have years to save up and think about our upcoming projects.  This is it!  This is the house we will call home forever, or at least until we retire and move to Kauai.  So no big rush on the projects (like we did with the previous house) instead we can enjoy the new setting and begin new memories.

I'm not going to lie, leaving our house on Skyview was sad.  After all it was our home for five years.  It was our first house as a married couple, both kids were born there (technically Community Hospital, but you get my point), and so many memories were created there.  It felt so weird standing in the house completing bare of all furniture, pictures, and messes.  As I walked around to each room saying my final farewell I was filled with a surprising amount of sadness.  Every where I looked I saw a memory.  I had to remind myself as I locked the door for the last time that its not the house that makes it a home but the people that live there.  I know we have so many things to look forward to at our new home.

Speaking of the people that make our houses homes, everyone is doing great!  Samantha is back on track with her potty training, she's been a delight, and she too is excited for the "yellow house."  We just completed our first week ever of Summer Adventure Week at our church, and it was amazing!  I had the pleasure of volunteering as a guide and it was amazing to watch these kids learn about God and His love for us.  Samantha also had the opportunity to get in on the action.  Everyday they took the kids around to the different activities and drama's, and she often came home with a cute little craft.  We will definitely be participating next year!

Master William is getting stronger everyday.  He can sit up now with very little support, and if he starts to fall forward or to the side he can usually catch himself before he falls.  He can also scoot around quite well.  He still has yet to get up on all fours at the same time, but I don't think it will be too long from now.  We visited a neurologist in Spokane a couple of weeks ago, and he is almost positive his hypotonia is caused by something genetic within the muscle itself or something genetic in his metabolic makeup.  We didn't get any answers, but we didn't walk away with more questions either.  It's just another step in the process.  We also have to prepare ourselves for the possibility that we may never figure out why he is this way.  All we can do is continue his therapy and trust that God will do the rest.  But I am encouraged as of late with all the progress he is making.  Let's pray it continues.

Well, William has been asleep the entire time I've been blogging and I am sure my luck is running out so I think now is a good time to stop while I am ahead.