It's official, almost!

We found out yesterday that we will be closing on our house July 1st at 8:30 am. So I would say that it's pretty official now. I guess this weekend we need to head full force into packing the rest of our stuff. Yay, it won't be long now! As soon as the papers are signed I'll post some pictures.

Seriously?

Yesterday I took Colby to get his kindergarten shots and afterwards the boys and I went to lunch with Nancy. Upon returning to my car I found that someone had run into the front passenger side of the car and left part of their white paint on my car. There was no note, no one tried to find me, that I know of, nothing! I was livid! Who runs into someone elses car and doesn't have the courtesy to leave a note. Sometimes I just don't understand people.

After that lovely finding we headed to the Murray pool for some fun in the sun. About 5 minutes after we got into the water they made an announcement that the pool would be closed for 30 minutes. Apparently someone had pooed in the pool. Argh! So they boys and I sat out and I tried to find things to keep them occupied for what ended up being 45 minutes. Finally, the "all clear" announcement came and we headed back in. I kid you not, 10 minutes after we got back in they made another announcement that we needed to clear the pool again. I guess they didn't get all the poo the first time or whomever had the poo problem had it again. So now that we've had a total of 15 minutes of swim time, how was I suppose to convince Colby that we needed to leave. It wasn't going to happen without him having a melt down. So...I tried to find something else to keep them busy for another 45 minutes. We got a drink, walked around, threw balls -pretty much anything to keep them away from the water. Finally, after another 45 minutes we were allowed back in the pool. This time we had a whole hour of uninterrupted play in the pool. We did have to get out for a lifeguard check but were able to get back in within 10 minutes. Once we were able to get back in we had a great day! My boys both love the water and I'm so glad because I do too.

You know I seriously wonder what some parents are thinking sometimes. Cameron is still in a swim diaper and I know when he needs to poo by the look on his face. Not only that but everytime there is a lifeguard break I take him in and change his swim diaper. Why can't others be as considerate when it comes to things like this. The rules are there for a reason and we should follow them. I mean, come on, serioulsy folks!

Cameron's 2nd Birthday

Sunday Cameron turned 2 years old! He's growing up so fast at times I just want him to stop! He's definitely not a baby anymore and he will let you know that in more ways than one. He finally started calling Colby by his name instead of calling him Ah Po and is putting two or even three words together at a time. I love that he's growing up and is becoming such a funny little boy but a part of me wants him to stay my baby forever!

We decided to do it small this year and just had BBQ at Grandma and Grandpa Carpenter's and yummy cake with the immediate family. But don't think for one second that I will let another birthday for either boy go by without a big shabang. I always got a good birthday party with friends and all the like and so will my boys! Once we move, we'll FINALLY have the space to do it!

Here are some pictures of the birthday boy and of course his big brother.

Something to be aware of...

I'm sure many of you may have heard, just as I did, that people are finding out about folks going on vacation via Twitter and breaking into their house while they're gone. I personally don't use Twitter but Chris does, however, I thought the same could be true for blogs, right. If someone is reading your blog and knows where you live it just may give them the opportunity to do something they otherwise might not have. I know I'm going to keep this in the back of my mind when publishing my blog and thought it was worth mentioning it to others too. It's better to be safe than sorry!

Inspection

This morning we had our home inspection and it went GREAT! We never really questioned the house passing inspection but now we are confident we are getting a great house. Next week we have the apprasial and if that goes well it should be smooth sailing from there. In fact, I think we are confident enough now to start packing! So you know where I'll be all weekend...

Swimming Lessons

Two weeks ago Colby started swimming lessons at a private residence in South Jordan. I was referred to them by a friend. They have an awesome in ground salt water pool. The first day Colby would not put any part of his face in the water. By the end of the second week, session 8 he was jumping off the diving board and diving to the bottom of the pool for toys. I was VERY impressed with the teachers. It's a father/mother/daughter team with two of them in the pool teaching at all times. So they had about 4-5 kids each. If anyone is looking for a good place to take their kids, check out Guy's Swim Gym and I can get the number for you if you need it.

House Hunting

So for the last two months or so, Chris and I have been searching for the right place to call "home". It's definitely been a roller coaster ride to put it mildly. We found the perfect house, had the perfect offer only to find out that someone came in after the deadline with a cash offer that the bank decided to take instead of ours. So off we went looking for the next perfect house. Finally, last week we were able to negotiate with some real humans, I mean not short sales or bank owned just real life humans-which is really uncommon in today's market-and get a great "home". We went under contract yesterday only to find out that the interest rate has gone from 5.0 to 5.6 percent since last Monday causing our house payment to go up by 90.00 a month. I know, crazy right! After much deliberation and number crunching we decided to go for it. So we are officially under contract and hope to close on July 6th unless our agent can get it moved up. So you would think all the stress would be over now, right. Wrong! Now we have to worry about inspections, apprasials, and "gasp" the dreaded underwriting. I know we should be really excited but we are trying to contain our excitement until we actually close on the house. Don't want to get too comfortable yet. As soon as we close I will post pics of the house and all the fun stuff that goes with it. So for any family and friends that live near us, please excuse the stressed out and probably just plain mean Chris and I for the next 30 days. Wish us luck!

Oh yeah, in case you are wondering where it's at...it's in Eastlake Village in Daybreak!

Memorial Weekend at Disneyland

With all the house hunting stress going on we decided at the last minute to get away for Memorial Weekend. We threw several ideas around but of course we ended up at Disneyland since we found such a great deal on a hotel. We left Friday around 1:00 and drove all the way to Anaheim arriving about 10:30 to the Anaheim Hilton. We visited Disneyland at 7:00 both Saturday and Sunday for full days of fun! Monday morning we headed home around 8:30. The drive home was not fun because Colby had to use the bathroom a lot! We even pulled to the side of the road for him since it was so often and sometimes in remote areas where there were no bathrooms. We decided that we were going to ban him from having drinks on the drive anymore. Of course we won't do that but it sure would be nice. We had no problems with traffic until we hit Santaquin and it took us an extra 45 minutes to get home. That was painful, so close yet so far away. We arrived home around 8:45. Here are some pics of our adventure.

It's Cameron's turn to be scared of the characters. Colby just got over his fear last year.

Fun in Mickey's house

Taking Toad on a Wild Ride!

Chris and Cameron on Dumbo

Grandpa and Colby on Dumbo

Preschool Graduation

Yesterday my darling little Colby graduated from preschool. I can't believe how fast time has gone by! It seems like just yesterday we were crying our eyes out at the hospital because they told us he couldn't go home and now he's going to be starting kindergarten.

Colby has been blessed with a great teacher, Miss Lisa, the last two years. For those of you that know Colby, you know he's not the best behaved child, but Miss Lisa must have done something right because he was an absolute angel in her class and the teachers told me numerous times how much they loved having him. (I know they are suppose to say that but it's still nice to hear.) They put on quite the little program. Singing number songs and letter songs and reciting nursery rhymes, and of course getting their diploma.

We enrolled him in a public preschool as a peer leader. This preschool is for kids who are developmentally delayed but a percentage of the class are peer students who are there for the delayed kids to interact with. I have to say I was worried about his development there but I had no reason to. He has learned so much I can't even believe it!

So, thanks Miss Lisa, Miss Terri, Miss Aubrie, and Miss Andrea for all the hard work you guys put into teaching these kids. They would not be where they are today if it were not for you!