Been too long...

So it's been FOREVER since I posted.....

I'll try to just post the interesting things that has happened to us these last few months.

FIRST being, buying our new HUGE house! (well, anything would be HUGE compared to the little 800 sq ft 2 BD apartment we lived in for 3 years, right?)
-The home buying process was a headache in itself!
-Home Buying Assistance program: Ran out of funds by the time we were ready to purchase.
-Student Loans: too high, so to defer them, I went back to school.
-Close of Escrow: extended twice! (needed Student loans in "In School Deferment" status)
We were REALLY hoping to get the keys before Christmas, since we signed papers on Thurs the 23rd......but it didn't happen. Apparently the Title agency wanted 72 business hours to review file before accepting payment and then recording all the paperwork-and Friday the 24th was Christmas Eve, so they were closed that day!
Wednesday, Dec 29th we FINALLY got the keys!!
So needless to say, we did nothing to celebrate the New Years!! Oh, except we let Savannah go to her first sleep over at her Aunt's house with all the other cousins! SHE LOVED IT!! So we had a quiet house New Years eve, and we all went to bed at around 8 or 9 or so!!!! How sad is that??

NEXT moving in. We underestimated how much stuff we had.....we thought we could do it without the use of renting a truck....well, it ended up taking all day Friday, and 3 trips (this is not including 2 other trips on Wed and Thurs). Oh well. We had family that helped us out, which was really nice.

Painting, carpet cleaning, appliance buying, couch buying, and about a month later, we are adjusting to life in our much bigger house. I'll have to get some recent pics with our furniture and new paint job posted soon.

We got to celebrate Savannah's 3rd birthday early, on Monday, the 10th. Jason works evenings Tues-Sat, and Jason's mom, who has been down helping us with the move, would be leaving early on the next day, Tuesday, so we wanted to celebrate it with them. She got a Princess bike, and can ride it in the house, cuz it's big enough!

Other News:
If you haven't heard the news from Facebook, or family.....we are having baby # 2 in early July-the 2nd to be exact. So as of today, I am 18 wks along. I have not had an appointment yet since moving, but am in the process of getting one. So to answer the next question I'm sure is on your mind....I don't know yet if we are having a boy or a girl.
When we finally told Savannah, around late-December, I would ask her if she wanted a baby brother or a baby sister...she would say one then the next she would say the other. Lately though when I ask her she wants a baby sister.....hmmm...(tho I just asked her again, and of course she proves me wrong and says, "mmmm....baby brother"

Savannah's latest antics:
She LOVES to dance! I missed the enrollment for a local dance class here in Buckeye, but hope to get her in on the next one. Anytime there is music on she goes into the kitchen and will dance. Then she does a bow! It's so cute...I really need to video it because it's too hard to describe.
When I ask her to do something she's not totally thrilled about, for example, picking up her toys, she goes, "oohhh-kaaay" in her most bored tone. Again, I would have to video it because it's hard to type the description of it!
When she gets something she really likes (example: HUGE princess spiral bound coloring book-she can't carry it herself it's so big) she declares excitedly, " I LOVE IT SO MUCH!"
It's so cute when she is loving to me or Jason, and it just melts my heart! She has recently started telling us, without us saying it first, "I love you mommy/daddy" or "I love you so much". I love those moments! One night, she was sitting next to me, watching a show with me, and she took my face in both her hands, turned my face to her and said, " I love you mommy". Out of the blue!
When she gets needy/tired, she says, (in her whiney voice and waving both arms to be held), "I want you, I want you". I don't know how she's going to handle a newborn baby being in the house and taking all the attention away...
When we ask her a question, she'll "think" about it, and go, "mmm....(while tapping her index finger to her mouth a few times and looking to the side!)......" then give us her answer! It's so cute to watch her!
She LOVES, LOVES, LOVES, being around other kids, and is very gentle with those younger than her, I noticed. I don't know if that's natural for all young girls. But she kicks and cries, whenever we have to leave playgroup, or the park when there's other kids still there. If she could she would stay at the park ALL DAY LONG, as long as there were other kids there.

So those are the MAJOR things that have happened in the last couple of months....I should be posting some pics of random things from October to recent just to be up-to-date (for the analytical side of me)