Happy Birthday, Maddox Carl!

Three years ago you came into our family and have made us laugh ever since! Thank for being a great little brother to Cooper and Nelson, a fantastic big brother to Olivia, and mind and Daddy's baby man! We love you!!!!!

My new house!!!!!!

The front door (now just imagine it red).

Doesn't it look like the cars just "fit" ? :)

The huge backyard.

This is going to be my favorite part of the house! My own bathroom, no more tripping over toys to get in and out of the shower.

My boys

Cooper and Nelson love to walk home from the grocery store. We can see the back of the building from our front door. The other day, they wanted to walk home, and I said yes because Travis had just pulled into the driveway (no I don't have X-ray vision to see through the neighbors' houses. He was on the phone with me while I was packing the groceries into the van). Maddox wanted to be a "big boy" and go with. I told Cooper he had to hold his hand the entire time, not to let go for anything. Can you believe it!?!?! He did. All. the. way. home.

I broke the baby.

Thankfully it's hard to see, but there is a raspberry on the side of Liv's eye. While transporting boxes to the basement, she decided to follow. Head first. Down every step. Talk about my stomach sinking. I felt awful! This was somewhat expected with the first child, but by number four you would think I would have the whole close the door behind you thing mastered. I thought the door was closed. It was, just not latched all the way. She was able to open it and go headfirst down the steps. :(

Chaos for the next month or so...

We are renters for the first time in over 9 yrs. The good news is, we won't have to be renters after Oct 31!!!! We close on our new house Sept 30, and then take the next month to move out of this house and into our new, wonderful house. So far, we have 2 closets full of bins and boxes that have been packed, and so much more to go!!!! Olivia is loving the empty cabinets, they are new toys to her, I love having empty walls and somewhat empty closets. I'm aslo finding some great "treasures" that I didn't know I had.