under contract

we went out to see the house again today and had our photo taken with our 'under contract' sign. yep, we're dorks like that. and no, that's not our swagger-wagon in the background; we haven't quite made the move to minivan yet {and will most likely never – not that there's anything wrong with it, it's just not for us}.

don't you love our sweet realtor trying to hold the sign in place? it was a tad windy.

we'll be moving in next weekend. you can count on photos from that, too. first up on the agenda? painting the laundry room before the washer/dryer are brought in {should be done sometime friday evening before the big move starts}. that'll be our first before/after segment. {small, but easy for us. plus, we're hoping for a dramatic after with paint colors and whatnot.}

i'm thinking i'd have a headache

so, having the iphone around has made taking short little clips of cayden so much easier (if you hadn't already noticed the influx of video on here lately). and well, being a mac lover, hooking my phone right up to my macbook is SUPER easy. the only problem i run into is the time it takes to upload to youtube. 

"but rebecca, you know you can upload video straight to blogger, right?"

well, duh. but guess what? if i do that, those people on iphones can't actually see the video. totally stupid, i agree. i've learned that embedding the video allows anyone, anywhere to be able to see the videos.

you're welcome.

sweet sofie

last night we were able to finally meet sofie, our friend michele's brand new daughter. she slept the entire time we were there (even through a dog barking and cayden squealing with delight at said dog). new babies are just so tiny and precious, and this one was no exception.

and, after witnessing how much cayden l-o-v-e-d michele's dog, sookie, well, i think we might have to look into getting a dog sometime in the future. it'll have to be after we have our yard fenced in... and that might be a good year away. but hey, then cayden could help us pick him out (from the humane society, or a greyhound rescue).

all photography taken by jeremy

because the cool kids are doing it

listen, i know there are quite a few readers out there {i stalk people, you know}, so while you're here, do something for me, ok? see that square link for top baby blogs over to the right? click on that for me. it's a site for mommy bloggers and the more votes i get, the more i move up in the polls. right now, i sit at #106 with three whole votes. sigh. i can do better. and the higher i move up in the rankings, the more people might actually look at my blog.

why is that important? i don't know; it just seems like it is. call me vain?

if you don't want to click on the link to the side, you can just click here. oh, and while you're here, just go ahead and follow the blog too. all you have to do is click on 'follow' {also to the right}. and ta-da, you'll be able to see when i've last posted {you can be a stalker too!}.

ok, that's all for now. thanks guys. you're the best.

ETA: all you have to do is click; there's no place to vote. your click is your vote... 

and one more note: click on that bottom banner too. it's similar, but different. again, vain here, remember. (but not really.) i just want other people to enjoy the awesomeness of our life.

making the most of it

even though we have to live another week with the chaos around us, we still find fun things to do in the middle of it all. like trust games. from the top of momma and daddy's mattress. while propped against a wall. you know, normal things: